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> Cheerios for their kids they also probably aren't aware that those too are coated in Chlormequat chloride. From Wikipedia: > Chlormequat has not previously

> Cheerios for their kids they also probably aren't aware that those too are coated in Chlormequat chloride. From Wikipedia: > Chlormequat has not previously been registered for use on food crops in the United States. In April 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed allowing the use of the chemical on food crops such as barley, oat, triticale, and wheat. The EPA’s human health risk assessment indicated "no dietary, residential, or aggregate (i.e., combined dietary and residential exposures) risks of concern." No risks were identified by EPA to aquatic species of invertebrates, vertebrates, and plants in addition to terrestrial plants. So probably not coated in it.

demondemidi 3y ago
I don’t know about you but that doesn’t make me feel any better.
- doo_daa 3y ago
  This might make you feel better... https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/pesticide-in-oat-products-should-you-worry/ https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/pesticide-in-oat-products-s... ... unless you regularly eat more than 85,000 tons of oats.
  - demondemidi 3y ago
    > unless you regularly eat more than 85,000 tons of oats. Between muesli in the summer and oatmeal in the winter I'm averaging close to that, but I exercise a lot so I got that going for me.
brandon272 3y ago
Are the Cheerios slathered in Chlormequat?
- germinalphrase 3y ago
  That phrasing suggests that Cheerios are intentionally coated with Chlormequat which doesn't appear to be the case. Instead, tthe grains used to manufacture Cheerios are treated with Chlormequat (though, arguably, any food product utilizing those grains would have the same issue, I'd assume). Might not make anyone feel any better, but different issue.
  - bassrattle 3y ago
    potato potato, literally the same thing
34679 3y ago
They're probably referring to the following study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41370-024-00643-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41370-024-00643-4 "Chlormequat was detected at low concentrations in samples from 2017 through 2022, with a significant increase in concentrations for samples from 2023. We also observed high detection frequencies of chlormequat in oat-based foods. These findings and chlormequat toxicity data raise concerns about current exposure levels, and warrant more expansive toxicity testing, food monitoring, and epidemiological studies to assess health effects of chlormequat exposures in humans." ... "Despite being approved for use on crops in Europe and parts of North America, chlormequat exhibits concerning toxicological properties, as documented in historical as well as more recently published laboratory animal studies. In the early 1980s, the impacts of chlormequat exposure on reproductive toxicity and fertility were first described by Danish pig farmers who observed reproductive declines in pigs raised on chlormequat treated grains [4]. These observations were later investigated in controlled laboratory experiments on pigs and mice, whereby female pigs fed chlormequat treated grain exhibited disrupted oestrus cycling and difficulty mating compared to animals on a control chlormequat-free diet [4]. Additionally, male mice exposed to chlormequat via diet or drinking water during development exhibited decreased fertilization capacity of sperm in vitro [5]. More recent reproductive toxicity studies on chlormequat show delayed onset of puberty, reduced sperm motility, decreased weights of male reproductive organs, and decreased testosterone levels in rats exposed during sensitive windows of development, including during pregnancy and early life [6,7,8]. Developmental toxicity studies also suggest that chlormequat exposure during pregnancy can dysregulate fetal growth and metabolism [9]. Other investigations did not find impacts of chlormequat on reproduction in female mice, male pigs, or a subsequent investigation of fertilization capacity in male mice developmentally and postnatally exposed to chlormequat [4, 10, 11]. Equivocal evidence in the toxicological literature on chlormequat may be due to differences in doses tested and outcomes measured as well as selection of model organism and the sex of laboratory animals. Consequently, further investigation is warranted."

demondemidi 3y ago

I don’t know about you but that doesn’t make me feel any better.

doo_daa 3y ago
This might make you feel better... https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/pesticide-in-oat-products-should-you-worry/ https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/pesticide-in-oat-products-s... ... unless you regularly eat more than 85,000 tons of oats.
- demondemidi 3y ago
  > unless you regularly eat more than 85,000 tons of oats. Between muesli in the summer and oatmeal in the winter I'm averaging close to that, but I exercise a lot so I got that going for me.

brandon272 3y ago

Are the Cheerios slathered in Chlormequat?

germinalphrase 3y ago
That phrasing suggests that Cheerios are intentionally coated with Chlormequat which doesn't appear to be the case. Instead, tthe grains used to manufacture Cheerios are treated with Chlormequat (though, arguably, any food product utilizing those grains would have the same issue, I'd assume). Might not make anyone feel any better, but different issue.
- bassrattle 3y ago
  potato potato, literally the same thing

34679 3y ago

They're probably referring to the following study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41370-024-00643-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41370-024-00643-4 "Chlormequat was detected at low concentrations in samples from 2017 through 2022, with a significant increase in concentrations for samples from 2023. We also observed high detection frequencies of chlormequat in oat-based foods. These findings and chlormequat toxicity data raise concerns about current exposure levels, and warrant more expansive toxicity testing, food monitoring, and epidemiological studies to assess health effects of chlormequat exposures in humans." ... "Despite being approved for use on crops in Europe and parts of North America, chlormequat exhibits concerning toxicological properties, as documented in historical as well as more recently published laboratory animal studies. In the early 1980s, the impacts of chlormequat exposure on reproductive toxicity and fertility were first described by Danish pig farmers who observed reproductive declines in pigs raised on chlormequat treated grains [4]. These observations were later investigated in controlled laboratory experiments on pigs and mice, whereby female pigs fed chlormequat treated grain exhibited disrupted oestrus cycling and difficulty mating compared to animals on a control chlormequat-free diet [4]. Additionally, male mice exposed to chlormequat via diet or drinking water during development exhibited decreased fertilization capacity of sperm in vitro [5]. More recent reproductive toxicity studies on chlormequat show delayed onset of puberty, reduced sperm motility, decreased weights of male reproductive organs, and decreased testosterone levels in rats exposed during sensitive windows of development, including during pregnancy and early life [6,7,8]. Developmental toxicity studies also suggest that chlormequat exposure during pregnancy can dysregulate fetal growth and metabolism [9]. Other investigations did not find impacts of chlormequat on reproduction in female mice, male pigs, or a subsequent investigation of fertilization capacity in male mice developmentally and postnatally exposed to chlormequat [4, 10, 11]. Equivocal evidence in the toxicological literature on chlormequat may be due to differences in doses tested and outcomes measured as well as selection of model organism and the sex of laboratory animals. Consequently, further investigation is warranted."