{"id":410075,"date":"2026-06-05T09:34:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T09:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/?p=410075"},"modified":"2026-06-05T09:34:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T09:34:28","slug":"texas-launches-probe-into-potential-glyphosate-presence-in-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/texas-launches-probe-into-potential-glyphosate-presence-in-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas launches probe into potential glyphosate presence in food"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf any corporation is using regulatory loopholes to poison our kids with glyphosate, we will find out and we will secure justice&#8221; \u2013 Attorney General Ken Paxton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-227.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-410076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-227.png 940w, https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-227-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-227-768x431.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Texas has launched an investigation into the potential presence of the glyphosate chemical in food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oats were identified as the possible culprit in the \u201csweeping investigation\u201d launched by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, whose office has issued so-called civil investigative demands to \u201cmajor pesticide and food manufacturers\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The attorney general and his team claim that while the Environmental Protection Agency (ETA) bans the use of glyphosate, commonly used in weed killer, as a \u201cdesiccant\u201d on oats in the US, \u201cmajor food companies source their oats from foreign countries where the practice is allowed\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paxton said in a statement: \u201cIf any corporation is using regulatory loopholes to poison our kids with glyphosate, we will find out and we will secure justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy office is also investigating whether major food companies are complying with Texas law and whether consumers, especially parents, have been misled about the health claims of common food products marketed to their families. No corporation is above the law, and no illegal action will go unpunished.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Texas identified cereals, breakfast bars and cookies as common food products containing oats, which the attorney general added \u201cmake children particularly vulnerable to glyphosate\u2019s harms\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The state alleged in the statement: \u201cOther products are marketed as \u2018healthy\u2019 when manufacturers know their products are contaminated with dangerously high levels of glyphosate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cResearch further indicates that children between the ages of one- and two-years-old have the highest dietary exposure to glyphosate of any population.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIf any corporation is using regulatory loopholes to poison our kids with glyphosate, we will find out and we will secure justice&#8221; \u2013 Attorney General Ken Paxton. Texas has launched an investigation into the potential presence of the glyphosate chemical in food. 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