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From Jeffrey:
For more than a decade, Girl Scouts have been speaking out against GMOs in Girl Scout cookies. In 2013, I came across these healthy Girl Scouts at an Iowa farmers market who refused to sell cookies with GMOs. Instead, they raised money from non-GMO organic products. Another group in Missouri did the same.
In 2014, I met young Alicia Serratos and her mom. Alicia created a petition: Girl Scouts: Please make cookies without GMOs. It went viral! The scouts responded and released at least one non-GMO option in 2017.
Now my friends Dr. Michelle Perro, Dr. Stephanie Seneff, and Zen Honeycutt have raised the bar higher, exposing a slew of toxins in the iconic cookies. Let’s hope that the scouts and many others immediately source healthy ingredients. This is a wonderful opportunity to educate people on the need for organic food.
Consumer groups, GMO Science, Moms Across America, and supporters have commissioned the testing of Girl Scout cookies for toxic metals and glyphosate/AMPA (an herbicide and its byproduct), to promote awareness and positive change for health. The results were extremely concerning.
100% of the samples were positive for glyphosate
100% were positive for toxic metals
22 out of 25 (88%) of samples were positive for all 5 toxic metals
76% were positive for levels of cadmium that exceed EPA limits in water
24 out of 25 (96%) of samples were positive for lead
One hundred percent of the 13 types of 25 cookies tested from 3 states, California, Iowa, and Louisiana, were positive for very elevated levels of glyphosate/AMPA, responsible for multiple health issues including cancer, endocrine disruption, gut issues, miscarriages, sperm damage, autism, neurotoxicity, and reproductive damage.
Glyphosate is commonly used as a drying agent (also known as a desiccant) before harvesting on wheat, oats, barley, legumes, sugar cane, and other crops, and as a weed killer on GMO crops such as corn, soy, canola, and beet sugar, which are common ingredients in the cookies. From 13.57 ppb in Peanut Butter Patties® to 111.07 in Thin Mints®, the average amount is 33.43, which is 334 times higher than what Dr. Don Huber, Professor Emeritus of Perdue, states is harmful and must be avoided.
There's so much more to unpack with these findings. Continue reading about the concerning test results here from GMO Science or listen to the authors' podcast on Youtube here.
