Breakfast products test positive for main ingredient in weed killer

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Thursday, August 16, 2018
Products test positive for ingredient that causes cancer
Various breakfast food have been found to contain glyphosate.

You may want to check the breakfast foods in your pantry.

A new report shows a number of popular breakfast foods could possibly contain dangerous amounts of glyphosate, the main ingredient found in weed killer.

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The environmental workgroup tested foods including granola, snack bars, cereal, instant oats and whole oats. Out of the 29-oat-based foods that were tested, only five did not test positive for glyphosate.

For a full list of products found to have glyphosate, click here.