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10/25/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

From your favorite breakfast cereals to your orange juice, here is a list of foods that have “tested positive” for glyphosate contamination – (with editor’s note)

As the world’s most widely used agricultural chemical, glyphosate is everywhere. In recent years, the dangers of this chemical have been gaining publicity, despite the best efforts of biotech companies that manufacture it, like Monsanto. Not only has it been linked to cancer, but it’s also an endocrine disruptor that can cause birth defects. While […]

07/12/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Flawed testing and compromised regulatory agencies have conspired to keep harmful pesticides on the market

Even in 2018, as we have more access to information than ever before, some people seem willing to give pesticides the benefit of the doubt. They can’t be that bad, they reason, or they never would have gotten approval. Surely there are tests that show they’re not as dangerous as people think, right? The answer […]

10/20/2017 / By Mike Adams

LAUNCHING: See the new lab test results format for supplements, superfoods and fast food

As promised, the non-profit Consumer Wellness Center is rolling out a new format that details the lab test results for off-the-shelf products, including foods, supplements and fast food. An example of the new format is shown below. It aggregates testing results from two mass spec lab instruments (ICP-MS and HPLC-MS-TOF), then assigns a final score […]

10/13/2017 / By Mike Adams

EXCLUSIVE: Organic bone broth products found to be clear of all agricultural chemicals; lab tests confirm why organic really is better

We’ve got breaking news on bone broth product testing in the lab: Two brands of organic bone broth products we just finished testing at the Consumer Wellness Center (CWC) were both found to have none of the chemicals we detected in non-organic products tested earlier. In other words, these organic bone broth products were found […]

08/05/2017 / By Amy Goodrich

Glyphosate testing finds traces of toxic herbicide in Ben & Jerry’s ice cream

Ben & Jerry’s — an iconic ice cream brand famous for its Fairtrade and eco-friendly practices — is under fire after lab tests uncovered traces of a controversial herbicide in most of its products. The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) recently reported that the world’s most widely used herbicide sold under the brand name Roundup was […]

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