Pruebas de hamburguesas imposibles de OGM 11 X mayor para el residuo de herbicida glifosato que más allá de la hamburguesa de carne

Actualizado julio 8, 2019

A Monsanto trial jury awarded the plaintiffs over $2 billion dollars, for the connection between the glyphosate-based herbicide, Roundup, and their cancer. Today, Moms Across America announces that the Impossible Burger* tested positive for glyphosate. The levels of glyphosate detected in the Impossible burger by Health Research Institute Laboratories were 11 X higher than the Beyond Meat Burger. The total result (glyphosate and its break down AMPA) was 11.3 ppb. Moms Across America also tested the Beyond Meat Burger and the results were 1 ppb.

“We are shocked to find that the Impossible Burger can have up to 11X higher levels of glyphosate residues than the Beyond Meat Burger according to these samples tested. This new product is being marketed as a solution for “healthy” eating, when in fact 11 ppb of glyphosate herbicide consumption can be highly dangerous. Only 0.1 ppb of glyphosate has been shown to alter the gene function of over 4000 genes in the livers, kidneys and cause severe organ damage in rats.**** I am gravely concerned that consumers are being misled to believe the Impossible Burger is healthy.” stated Zen Honeycutt, Executive Director of Moms Across America.

The Impossible Burger es un nuevo producto de origen vegetal modificado genéticamente (GM) que fue destacado en la Natural Products Expo West. Burger King, White Castle, Hard Rock Cafe, Red Robin, Cheesecake Factory ** y cientos de otros restaurantes ahora ofrecen el producto donde no tiene que estar etiquetado o descrito como GM en el menú. The Impossible Burger está hecha de soja transgénica, que se ha demostrado que causa daño a los órganos en estudios con animales y ha sido demostrado ser significativamente diferente de la soja no transgénica. Los ingredientes transgénicos de Impossible Burger, que incluye una levadura modificada genéticamente y GM proteínas de leghemoglobina de soja, 46 de los cuales no se han revelado ni probado, son aún más preocupantes para muchos consumidores que los efectos a largo plazo del glifosato en la salud debido a los alérgico potencial de reacción, que es reconocido por el fabricante. La parte de la soja modificada genéticamente que se usa en la hamburguesa imposible nunca antes se había permitido en el suministro de alimentos para humanos y no se había probado adecuadamente la seguridad.

Although the leghemoglobin soy is claimed to be “identical to soy heme which has been consumed for thousands of years”, the following question posed by Consumers Report’s Michael Hansen has never been answered: “How could the heme in the Impossible Burger be 'identical' to the heme humans have been consuming for hundreds of thousands of years in meat and other foods if you genetically engineer it?”

***UPDATED: Impossible Burger Ingredients: (All ingredients in red could be TRANSGÉNICOS OR sprayed with Glifosato herbicides as a drying agent) 
Water, Soy Protein Concentrate, Coconut Oil, Sunflower Oil, Natural Flavors, 2% or less of: Potato Protein, Methylcellulose (possibly from cotton), Yeast Extract, Cultured Dextrose, Food Starch Modified, Soy Leghemoglobin, Salt, Soy Protein Isolate, Mixed Tocopherols (Vitamin E), Zinc Gluconate, Thiamine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B1), Sodium Ascorbate (Vitamin C), Niacin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Vitamin B12.

Soy, sugar, and cotton are commonly sprayed with glyphosate herbicides as a drying agent before harvesting. The “natural” product - which could contain more than 80% GMO ingredients- also contains potatoes, which may be genetically modified, and could also absorb the chemical through the soil after pre-planting herbicide applications. Glyphosate does not wash, dry, or cook-off and was listed on the Prop 65 California EPA list of carcinogens in 2017.

Glyphosate herbicides have not only been proven to be carcinogenic, but they are also neurotoxic, endocrine disrupting, cause DNA damage and liver disease at ultra-low levels, lower than what was found in the Impossible Burger.

According to the American Liver Foundation over 100 million people in America, (that’s about 1/3 of Americans) are estimated to have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

El herbicida glifosato también se rocía ampliamente en alimentos para animales, que perjudica la salud de los animales, por lo que apoyar el uso de este herbicida mediante el consumo de Impossible Burger y otros productos no orgánicos también es un problema de bienestar animal.

El impacto que tienen el glifosato y los OGM en los productos ya no puede ignorarse. Honeycutt considera: “Si Bayer quiebra debido al resultado de aproximadamente 14,000 demandas presentadas en su contra por los efectos cancerígenos de los herbicidas de glifosato, ¿quién será responsable del daño al público? Me pregunto si serán los minoristas y las marcas de alimentos los que continúen exponiendo al público a herbicidas tóxicos de glifosato ”.

Moms Across America calls upon consumers to ask their restaurant and grocery stores not to sell this product and to sell/buy/eat whole, organic, plant-based, real food instead. They also request public comments be made to the EPA to cancel the license for glyphosate. Glyphosate herbicides have been severely restricted or banned in 34 countries.

Moms Across America is a 501c3 non-profit whose mission is to educate mother and others to transform the food industry and environment, creating healthy communities together. Their motto is Empowered Moms, Healthy Kids.

* Impossible Burger es fabricado por Impossible Foods.

** Artículo corregido de Del Taco y Carl's Jr: llevan Beyond Meat Burger.

*** Actualizado mayo 18, 2019 para incluir todos los ingredientes actuales. The Impossible Burger ya no contiene trigo. 

**** Updated mayo 18, 2019, with links to organ and kidney damage. Glyphosate has also been shown to destroy gut bacteria at " safe" levels as well.

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