Ucwaningo olusha luthole ukuthi umuthi wokubulala ukhula we-Bayer's Roundup usebenzisa inani elincane lamakhemikhali kumkhiqizo odumile we-hummus.
Ucwaningo oluvela ku-Environmental Working Group (EWG) luthole ukuthi ngaphezu kuka-80% wamasampula e-non-organic hummus kanye ne-chickpea acwaningiwe aqukethe ikhemikhali i-glyphosate.
I-Environmental Protection Agency iphinde yagunyaza ukusetshenziswa kwe-glyphosate ngoJanuwari, ithi ayilona usongo kubantu.
Kodwa-ke, izinkulungwane zamacala zithi amacala omdlavuza abangelwa ukubuyekezwa.Kodwa amacala amaningi ahilela abantu abahogele i-glyphosate ku-Roundup esikhundleni sokudla i-glyphosate ekudleni.
I-EWG ikholelwa ukuthi ukudla izingxenye eziyi-160 ngebhiliyoni ngayinye yokudla nsuku zonke akunampilo.Isebenzisa leli zinga, ithole ukuthi i-hummus evela kumikhiqizo efana ne-Whole Foods ne-Sabra yeqe leli nani.
Umkhulumeli we-Whole Foods uveze ku-imeyili eya ku-The Hill ukuthi amasampula ayo ahlangabezana nomkhawulo we-EPA, ongaphezu komkhawulo we-EWG.
Umkhulumeli uthe: "Yonke imakethe yokudla idinga ukuthi abahlinzeki baphase izinhlelo zokulawula izinto ezingavuthiwe (okuhlanganisa nokuhlolwa okufanele) ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nayo yonke imikhawulo esebenzayo ku-glyphosate."
I-EWG inikeze ilabhorethri ukuthi ihlole amasampula ezinhlobo ezingama-27 ze-non-organic hummus, izinhlobo eziyi-12 ze-organic hummus kanye nezinhlobo ezingu-9 ze-organic hummus.
Ngokusho kwe-EPA, inani elincane le-glyphosate ngeke libangele imiphumela yezempilo.Kodwa-ke, ucwaningo olwanyatheliswa yi-BMJ ngo-2017 lwabiza ukubonisana kwe-EPA ngokuthi "kuphelelwe yisikhathi" futhi yancoma ukuthi kufanele ibuyekezwe ukuze kwehliswe umkhawulo owamukelekayo we-glyphosate ekudleni.
Ungoti wezobuthi wakwa-EWG u-Alexis Temkin esitatimendeni uthe ukuthenga i-organic hummus namachickpeas kuyindlela abathengi yokugwema i-glyphosate.
UTemkin uthe: “Ukuhlolwa kwe-EWG kwemikhiqizo ye-glyphosate evamile kanye ne-organic legume kuzosiza ukukhulisa ukubonakala kwemakethe futhi kuvikele ubuqotho besitifiketi se-organic soMnyango WezoLimo.”
I-EWG ishicilele ucwaningo nge-glyphosate etholakala ku-Quaker, Kellogg's kanye ne-General Mills imikhiqizo ngo-Agasti 2018.
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