{"id":51650,"date":"2016-05-10T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/?p=51650"},"modified":"2016-05-10T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T23:00:00","slug":"not-just-corn-and-soy-look-glyphosate-use-food-crops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/not-just-corn-and-soy-look-glyphosate-use-food-crops\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Just for Corn and Soy; A Look at Glyphosate Use in Food Crops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the active ingredient in Monsanto\u2019s branded Roundup weed killer, along with hundreds of other weed-killing products, the chemical called glyphosate spells billions of dollars in sales for Monsanto and other companies each year as farmers around the world use it in their fields and orchards.&nbsp; Ubiquitous in food production, glyphosate is used not just with row crops like corn, soybeans and wheat but also a range of fruits, nuts and veggies. Even spinach growers use glyphosate.<\/p>\n<p>Though considered for years as among the safest of agrichemicals, concerns about glyphosate have been growing after the World Health Organization\u2019s cancer experts last year <a href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">classified it as a probable human carcinogen<\/a>, based on a series of scientific studies.&nbsp; There are other concerns as well \u2013 mounting weed resistance to glyphosate; negative impacts on soil health; and a demise in the monarch butterfly population tied to glyphosate use on forage that young monarchs feed on. The EPA is currently finishing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/#!docketDetail;D=EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0361\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a risk assessment for glyphosate<\/a> that examines the range of issues.<\/p>\n<p>The EPA <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/carey-gillam\/what-is-going-on-with-gly_b_9825326.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">is still trying to determine<\/a> just how worrisome glyphosate is, or isn\u2019t. In the meantime it\u2019s worth a look at how widespread the use of glyphosate is in our food supply. A document released by EPA on April 29 gives us a peek.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B-pJR4cGo9ckb3k4UDczbVdiT1E\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In a memorandum dated Oct. 22, 2015<\/a>, EPA analysts reported an \u201cupdated Screening Level Usage Analysis\u201dfor glyphosate use on food items. That memo updates estimates of glyphosate use on crops in top agricultural states, and provides annual average use estimates for the decade 2004-2013. Seventy crops are on the EPA list, ranging alphabetically from alfalfa and almonds to watermelons and wheat. And, when compared to a prior analysis that ran through 2011, it shows that glyphosate use has been growing in production of most of the key food crops on the list. Here\u2019s a snapshot:<\/p>\n<p>Glyphosate used on U.S. soybean fields, on an average annual basis, was pegged at 101.2 million pounds; with corn-related use at 63.5 million pounds. Both estimates are up from a prior analysis that ran through 2011, which pegged average annual soybean use at 86.4 million pounds and corn at 54.6 million pounds. Both those crops are genetically engineered so they can be sprayed directly with glyphosate as farmers treat fields for weeds. Use with sugar beets, also genetically engineered as glyphosate-tolerant, was estimated at 1.3 million pounds, compared to 1 million pounds.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, glyphosate use is also seen with a variety of crops not engineered to be sprayed directly. Looking at the period ending in 2013 compared to 2011, glyphosate use in wheat production was pegged at 8.6 million pounds, up from 8.1 million pounds; use in almonds was pegged at 2.1 million pounds, unchanged from the prior analysis;&nbsp; grape use was pegged at 1.5 million pounds, up from 1.4 million pounds; and rice use was estimated at 800,000 pounds, compared to 700,000 pounds in the prior analysis.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the active ingredient in Monsanto\u2019s branded Roundup weed killer, along with hundreds of other weed-killing products, the chemical called glyphosate spells billions of dollars in sales for Monsanto and other companies each year as farmers around the world use it in their fields and orchards.&nbsp; Ubiquitous in food production, glyphosate is used not just with row crops like corn, soybeans and wheat but also a range of fruits, nuts and veggies. 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