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Breast milk not prone to pesticide accumulation
A study by Washington State University has not found any traces of glyphosate - a widely used herbicide constituent - in mothers\' breast milk samples. The results were presented at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Conference recently.
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A study by Washington State University has not found any traces of glyphosate - a widely used herbicide constituent - in mothers' breast milk samples. The results were presented at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Conference recently.
The study negates the findings of an earlier study by the advocacy group Moms Across America (MAA), which claimed that traces of glyphosate were found in breast milk and caused much public concern last year. “The MAA findings are unverified, not consistent with published safety data and are based off an assay designed to test for glyphosate in water, not breast milk," said McGuire, spokesperson of the Amercian Society for Nutrition.
A large body of scientific evidence shows breast-feeding offers unparalleled nutritional and immunological benefits to both mothers and children. "Our data, obtained using sophisticated methods of analyses suggest that glyphosate does not bioaccumulate and is not present in human milk even when the mother has detectable glyphosate in her urine," she added.
