by Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D.,Childrens Health Defense:
The EPA is violating federal law by failing to respond to a petition about how current glyphosate levels in oats are putting children’s and babies’ health at risk, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday. In 2018, two rounds of EWG-commissioned lab testing found widespread glyphosate contamination of foods containing oats, including popular children’s cereals.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is violating federal law by failing to respond to a petition seeking stricter glyphosate limits in oats, according to alawsuitfiled Tuesday by the Environmental Working Group (EWG).
Oats have been found to containglyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup weedkiller, at levels that put children’s and babies’healthat risk, according to EWG.
EWG President and co-FounderKen Cooksaid in apress release:
“Parents shouldn’t have to second-guess whether everyday foods like cereal and snack bars are putting their children at risk of cancer. The EPA’s silence leaves families in the dark and falls far short of its responsibility to protect public health.”
In 2018, EWG petitioned theEPAto tighten the allowable limits for glyphosate in oats. The petition also asked the EPA to ban the use of glyphosate as a preharvest drying agent.
EWG’s lawsuit, filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, alleges the EPA is unlawfully delaying a response to the petition. The suit asks for a court order requiring the EPA to respond to the petition by a clear deadline and make a safety determination about glyphosate in oats.
“Congress required EPA to ensure thatpesticideresidues in food are safe, with particular protection for children. Yet, more than seven years after being presented with substantial scientific evidence that the current tolerance for glyphosate in oats may not meet that standard, EPA has failed to make any final, reviewable determination.”
Source: SGT Report
