80% of Americans test positive for chemical found in Cheerios, Quaker Oats that may cause infertility, delayed puberty: study
New York Post | Feb. 15, 2024 | Shannon ThalerFour out of five Americans are being exposed to a little-known chemical found in popular oat-based foods — including Cheerios and Quaker Oats — that is linked to reduced fertility, altered fetal growth, and delayed puberty.
The Environmental Working Group published a study in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology on Thursday that found a staggering 80% of Americans tested positive for a harmful pesticide called chlormequat.
The “highly toxic agricultural chemical” is federally allowed to be used on oats and other grains imported to the US, according to the EWG. When applied to oat and grain crops, chlormequat alters a plant’s growth, preventing it from bending over and thus making it easier to harvest, per the EWG…
Another particularly concerning data point: After testing for the presence of chlormequat in urine collected from 96 people between 2017 and 2023, the EWG’s tests “found higher levels and more frequent detections of chlormequat in the 2023 samples…which suggests consumer exposure to chlormequat could be on the rise.”
However, the EWG noted, that the US Environmental Protection Agency UNDER PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN’S administration proposed allowing the first-ever use of chlormequat on barley, oat, triticale, and wheat grown in the US.
I’m not sure I want to see what the “Delayed Puberty” symbol looks like.
“linked to reduced fertility, altered fetal growth, and delayed puberty.”
Linked to what extent? What are thodds of it happening? Do you go from a 0.01% chance to a 0.02% chance? a 100% increase. Scare mongoring until you give me some hard numbers. And no, I did not read the article.
All they had to do is stick with chlormequats cousin, paraquat, and the unintended consequences wouldn’t have happened.
I say BS, I ate these foods as a kid and now I’m a great grandfather.
That’s kinda the thing. Back when you were a kid, they didn’t use this crap on your oats. It’s like how my mom doesn’t understand why we eat organic. She’s like, I came out fine, and my mom didn’t buy organic… No your mom gave you vegetables from her backyard garden fertilized with homemade compost… hint hint it was organic they just didn’t call it that.
There can be little doubt that a food that calls itself “Cheerios” is the primary cause of gender confusion.