Kafukufuku watsopano adapeza kuti mankhwala a Bayer's Roundup amagwiritsa ntchito mankhwala ochepa mumtundu wotchuka wa hummus.
Kafukufuku wochokera ku bungwe la Environmental Working Group (EWG) adapeza kuti zoposa 80% za zitsanzo za non-organic hummus ndi chickpea zomwe anaphunzira zinali ndi mankhwala a glyphosate.
Bungwe la Environmental Protection Agency linavomerezanso kugwiritsa ntchito glyphosate mu Januwale, ponena kuti sizowopsa kwa anthu.
Komabe, masauzande ambiri amilandu akuti milandu ya khansa ndi ndemanga.Koma milandu yambiri idakhudza anthu omwe adatulutsa glyphosate ku Roundup m'malo modya glyphosate muzakudya.
EWG imakhulupirira kuti kudya magawo 160 pa mabiliyoni a chakudya tsiku lililonse ndikosayenera.Pogwiritsa ntchito muyezo uwu, idapeza kuti hummus kuchokera kumitundu monga Whole Foods ndi Sabra idaposa ndalama izi.
Mneneri wa Whole Foods adawonetsa mu imelo ku The Hill kuti zitsanzo zake zimakwaniritsa malire a EPA, omwe ndi apamwamba kuposa malire a EWG.
Mneneriyo adati: "Msika wonse wazakudya umafuna kuti ogulitsa azitsatira njira zowongolera zopangira (kuphatikiza kuyesa koyenera) kuti akwaniritse zoletsa zonse za glyphosate."
EWG idalamula labotale kuti iwone zitsanzo kuchokera ku mitundu 27 ya hummus yomwe siili organic, mitundu 12 ya organic hummus ndi mitundu 9 ya organic hummus.
Malinga ndi EPA, pang'ono glyphosate sichidzabweretsa zotsatira za thanzi.Komabe, kafukufuku wofalitsidwa ndi BMJ mu 2017 adatcha zokambirana za EPA "zachikale" ndipo adalimbikitsa kuti ziyenera kusinthidwa kuti zichepetse malire ovomerezeka a glyphosate pazakudya.
Katswiri wa poizoni wa EWG Alexis Temkin adanena kuti kugula organic hummus ndi nandolo ndi njira yoti ogula apewe glyphosate.
Temkin adati: "Kuyesa kwa EWG kwa glyphosate wamba komanso organic legume kumathandizira kukulitsa kuwonekera kwa msika ndikuteteza kukhulupirika kwa certification ya Unduna wa Zaulimi."
EWG idasindikiza kafukufuku wa glyphosate wopezeka muzinthu za Quaker, Kellogg's ndi General Mills mu Ogasiti 2018.
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