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Chlormequat found in oat foods prompts U.S. lawsuits

Class action suits rely on Environmental Working Group scientists who claim much lower safe limit than EPA

By Robert Arnason, GFM Network News March 8, 2024
Chlormequat use in oat production has prompted two class action lawsuits in California against General Mills and Quaker Oats.

Oats. (Doug Wilson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Oat millers recommend not using Manipulator

Farmers advised the juice may not be worth the squeeze on heels of contamination report

By Robert Arnason, GFM Network News February 29, 2024
Oat millers in Canada are telling growers that a plant growth regulator isn't effective on oats, so farmers probably don't need to use it.


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Oat producers call chlormequat report fear mongering

Environmental Working Group blames Canadian producers for residues of plant growth regulator found in oat products

By Robert Arnason, GFM Network News February 26, 2024
The Prairie Oat Growers Association is pushing back against allegations that Canadian oats are contaminated with chemicals from a plant growth regulator.

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Canadian farmers blamed for ag chemical in U.S. oat foods 

Discovery sets off media story despite samples testing well inside safe levels

By Robert Arnason, GFM Network News February 20, 2024
A U.S. environmental group is pointing a finger at Canadian oat growers, saying they’re the cause of ag chemical residues found in Cheerios and Quaker Oats.


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