What’s a little chlormequat in your Cheerios?
Chlormequat is a toxic agricultural chemical that the EPA refers to as a pesticide.
Chlormequat chloride is currently registered for use as a plant growth regulator (PGR) in ornamentals grown in greenhouses and nurseries. It works to control plant size by blocking the hormones that stimulate growth prior to bloom.
When applied to oat and grain crops while they’re growing, it stops the plants from bending over, which can make for a difficult harvest.
But guess what? If this chemical compound alters plant hormones, what do you think it does to us? Animal studies show chlormequat can lead to reduced fertility, harm to the reproductive system, and altered fetal growth.
Yikes! That raises a lot of question about how it could impact people…
…Bottom line: don’t assume the food on grocery store shelves is fit for human consumption. If we’re not setting standards for what’s safe, then anything goes.
Just as we discus the need for clean, safe drinking water, we also need to talk about food that nourishes us and doesn’t give us high or low level exposure to unwanted chemicals.
Consumers concerned about exposure to harmful chemicals and pesticides may want to buy products made with organic ingredients, as certified organic products are grown without synthetic pesticides. Low levels of contamination may still occur in organic products, but they are usually lower than their non-organic counterparts.
Always read labels and try to avoid products with long lists of ingredients or food additives that you don’t recognize. Avoid foods that list both sodium benzoate and ascorbic acid, citric acid, and vitamin C as ingredients. Food companies must list these chemicals on packaged food ingredient labels…
Source: What Not To Eat In A Day

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