Wani sabon bincike ya gano cewa maganin ciyawa na Bayer's Roundup na amfani da wasu sinadarai masu yawa a cikin shahararriyar alamar hummus.
Bincike daga Ƙungiyar Ayyukan Muhalli (EWG) ya gano cewa fiye da 80% na samfurori na hummus da chickpea ba na kwayoyin halitta da aka yi nazari sun ƙunshi glyphosate sinadarai.
Hukumar Kare Muhalli ta sake amincewa da amfani da glyphosate a watan Janairu, tana mai cewa ba ta haifar da barazana ga mutane ba.
Koyaya, dubban kararraki sun danganta lamuran cutar kansa zuwa bita.Amma yawancin lokuta sun haɗa da mutanen da suka shayar da glyphosate a cikin Roundup maimakon cinye glyphosate a cikin abinci.
EWG ya yi imanin cewa cin kashi 160 a kowace biliyan abinci a kowace rana ba shi da lafiya.Yin amfani da wannan ma'auni, ya gano cewa hummus daga samfuran kamar Dukan Abinci da Sabra sun wuce wannan adadin.
Mai magana da yawun Abinci gabaɗaya ya nuna a cikin imel zuwa The Hill cewa samfuran sa sun cika iyakar EPA, wanda ya fi iyakar EWG.
Mai magana da yawun ya ce: "Dukkan kasuwar abinci na buƙatar masu samar da kayayyaki don aiwatar da ingantattun tsare-tsaren sarrafa albarkatun ƙasa (ciki har da gwajin da ya dace) don saduwa da duk wasu hane-hane akan glyphosate."
EWG ta umurci wani dakin gwaje-gwaje don duba samfurori daga nau'ikan humus mara kyau guda 27, nau'ikan hummus na halitta 12 da samfuran hummus na halitta guda 9.
A cewar EPA, ƙaramin adadin glyphosate ba zai haifar da tasirin lafiya ba.Duk da haka, wani binciken da BMJ ya buga a cikin 2017 ya kira shawarwarin EPA "wanda ya wuce" kuma ya ba da shawarar cewa ya kamata a sabunta shi don rage ƙimar glyphosate mai karɓa a cikin abinci.
EWG toxicologist Alexis Temkin ya ce a cikin wata sanarwa cewa siyan kwayoyin hummus da chickpeas hanya ce ga masu amfani don guje wa glyphosate.
Temkin ya ce: "Gwajin EWG na samfuran glyphosate na al'ada da kayan legumes na gargajiya zai taimaka wajen haɓaka gaskiyar kasuwa da kuma kare amincin ma'aikatar aikin gona ta takaddun shaida."
EWG ya buga wani bincike akan glyphosate da aka samu a cikin samfuran Quaker, Kellogg's da Janar Mills a cikin Agusta 2018.
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