Dozens More Breakfast Foods Test Positive for Trace Amounts of Weed Killer

Dozens More Breakfast Foods Test Positive for Trace Amounts of Weed Killer
File photo showing samples of cereal and yogurt at the 2016 New York Taste event, New York City, Nov. 1, 2016. Brian Ach/Getty Images for New York Magazine
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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An environmental advocacy group is raising the alarm on dozens of breakfast cereals and snack bars, saying they contain trace amounts of a controversial chemical found in weed killers.

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) stated in a new report that 26 of the 28 products it tested had levels of glyphosate, that were “higher than what EWG scientists consider protective of children’s health.”