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28 October 2015

The Soil Association Campaign Glyphosate #notinourbread
I have recently been following a Soil Association campaign in which they are petitioning for the removal of glyphosate from UK bread. Glyphosate is a weedkiller sold around the world. The Soil Association states a report by the World Health Organisation’s International Agency for Research on Cancer has found that Glyphosate is a probable carcinogen for humans. 

“Government figures show its use in UK farming has increased by a shocking 400% in the last 20 years. Nearly a third of UK cereal crops (over 1 million hectares) were sprayed with glyphosate in 2013. Sadly, glyphosate doesn’t break down immediately, and can follow the grain into food manufacturing processes. Tests by the Defra committee on Pesticide Residues in Food (PRiF) have found that as much as 30% of UK bread contained this weedkiller. It’s even making its way into our bodies.”

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