Ua ʻike ʻia kahi noiʻi hou e hoʻohana ana ʻo Bayer's Roundup herbicide i kahi liʻiliʻi o nā kemika i loko o ka brand hummus kaulana.
Ua ʻike ʻia ka noiʻi mai ka Environment Working Group (EWG) ma mua o 80% o ka hummus non-organic a me nā laʻana chickpea i aʻo ʻia i loko o ka glyphosate kemika.
Ua ʻae hou ka Environmental Protection Agency i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka glyphosate i Ianuali, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana ʻaʻole ia e hoʻoweliweli i nā kānaka.
Eia nō naʻe, ʻoi aku nā kaukani o nā hoʻopiʻi i nā hihia maʻi maʻi i nā loiloi.Akā ʻo ka nui o nā hihia i pili i ka poʻe i inhaled glyphosate ma Roundup ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana i ka glyphosate i ka meaʻai.
Manaʻo ʻo EWG ʻo ka ʻai ʻana i nā ʻāpana 160 i kēlā me kēia piliona o ka meaʻai i kēlā me kēia lā he maikaʻi ʻole.Ke hoʻohana nei i kēia maʻamau, ua ʻike ʻia ua ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hummus mai nā brand e like me Whole Foods a me Sabra i kēia nui.
Ua kuhikuhi ʻia kahi waha ʻōlelo Whole Foods ma ka leka uila i The Hill e kū ana kāna mau laʻana i ka palena o ka EPA, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ka palena EWG.
Ua ʻōlelo ka ʻōlelo: "Pono ka mākeke meaʻai holoʻokoʻa i nā mea hoʻolako e hāʻawi i nā hoʻolālā hoʻokele waiwai pono (me ka hoʻāʻo kūpono) e hoʻokō i nā mea paʻa āpau i ka glyphosate."
Ua kauoha ʻo EWG i kahi keʻena hoʻokolohua e nānā i nā laʻana mai 27 mau lama hummus non-organic, 12 mau lama hummus organik a me 9 mau lama hummus organik.
Wahi a ka EPA, ʻaʻole e hoʻopōmaikaʻi ʻia kahi mea liʻiliʻi o ka glyphosate.Eia nō naʻe, ʻo kahi noiʻi i paʻi ʻia e BMJ i ka makahiki 2017 i kapa ʻia ka kūkākūkā ʻana o ka EPA "kahiko" a ʻōlelo ʻia e hoʻonui ʻia e hōʻemi i ka palena glyphosate i ʻae ʻia i ka meaʻai.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo EWG toxicologist Alexis Temkin i kahi ʻōlelo e kūʻai ana i ka hummus organik a me ka moa he ala ia e pale aku ai nā mea kūʻai aku i ka glyphosate.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Temkin: "E kōkua ka hoʻāʻo ʻana ʻo EWG o ka glyphosate maʻamau a me nā huahana legume organik i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka mākeke a pale i ka pono o ka palapala hōʻoia organik a ka Ministry of Agriculture."
Ua paʻi ʻo EWG i kahi noiʻi e pili ana i ka glyphosate i loaʻa ma Quaker, Kellogg's a me General Mills huahana i ʻAukake 2018.
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