Florida says bread contains weed killer. Here's what the science says. - Poynter

""Glyphosate is a weed killer," DeSantis said. "It's the main ingredient you find in Roundup and other weed-killing brands. It's designed to kill plants, it is not meant to be eaten.""

""and make clear these products are not meant for people to touch, not meant to be in the food and certainly not meant to be consumed, and yet here we are today with these findings.""

""Based on the weight of evidence, these are not particularly high or dangerous levels of glyphosate,""

Healthy Florida First tested popular bread brands and reported glyphosate detections, citing a highest level of 191 parts per billion. Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Roundup and is used as a weed killer, not intended for human consumption. Toxicologists state the detected amounts are trace residues and fall well under government-established safe limits, meaning they are not particularly high or dangerous. Modern food testing methods can detect minuscule chemical traces that are not necessarily harmful. The testing release did not provide contextual comparison to regulatory safety thresholds or explain what the numbers mean for consumer risk.

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