Glyphosate fact check: Micro-traces in food do not constitute a ‘dangerously high amount of weedkiller’

In an April 25 Facebook reel, a man holds a bag of Goldfish crackers and says they “contain a dangerously high amount of weed killer which has been directly linked to cancer,” adding that the chemical is called glyphosate. He pointed to information from two advocacy groups, which he called scientific organizations — the Public Interest Research Group and Environmental Working Group — as proof.

The environmental advocacy organization Environmental Working Group “is not neutral on the issue,” NBC News reported in 2018. “It actively campaigns against glyphosate,” and some of its research about glyphosate in food products was not published in peer-reviewed journals.

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It’s very unlikely that a person could ever consume enough glyphosate via trace amounts in food to pose a health threat. FactCheck.org wrote in August 2017 that based on the European Food Safety Authority’s glyphosate suggested limit of 0.5 mg/kg of body weight, a 175-pound person would have to consume more than 1,270 servings of Cheerios in a day to exceed the safety limit.

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