Oat milk linked to ANOTHER cancer-causing chemical as people flock back to dairy

Question

Chemicals in Oatmilk linked to cancer?

Answer 1

The articles main claim that oat milk is linked to a cancer causing chemical is exaggerated and misleading. Although an article from Environmental Health News did find glyphosate in two oat milk brands called MALK and Silk out of thirteen tested brands, articles from WebMD, cancercenter.com, and epa.gov claim that there is no firm evidence that this chemical causes or increases risk of cancer. Here are the links to those articles: https://www.ehn.org/glyphosate-free-oat-milk-2659999493.html, https://www.webmd.com/cancer/herbicide-glyphosate-cancer, https://www.cancercenter.com/community/blog/2021/07/does-glyphosate-cause-cancer, https://www.epa.gov/ingredients-used-pesticide-products/glyphosate. Although, there is still concern around the chemical being found in the oat milk, along with the lack of nutritional value in oat milk, there is no firm evidence that oat milk, or this chemical, is linked to cancer.

Answer 2

Reading the article, Daily Mail goes on to claim that the weed killer glyphosate, “has been linked to certain blood cancers”, and goes to cite Environmental Health News that, “​​'traces' of glyphosate in Silk and MALK brand oat milk” (Daily Mail). However, as of August 2024, the United States Environmental Protection Agency states, “No evidence that glyphosate causes cancer in humans…glyphosate is not likely to be carcinogenic to humans” (EPA). This disputes Daily Mail’s source (International Agency for Research on Cancer) from 2015, which stated glyphosate was “probably carcinogenic to humans” (IARC). That original study was “based on “limited” evidence of cancer in humans (from real-world exposures that actually occurred) and “sufficient” evidence of cancer in experimental animals (from studies of “pure” glyphosate)” (IARC). Due to the use of outdated information, I would classify this claim as exaggerated and misleading.

Answer 3

This article published by Daily Mail claims oat milk is linked to a cancer-causing chemical. While a harmful chemical called glyphosate has been found, as tested in an Environmental Health News article, there is no strong evidence directly linking it to cancer. According to WebMd and EPA.gov, there is no proof that glyphosate causes or increases cancer risk. On the other hand, even though it does not cause cancer, it can be very harmful to human metabolism, liver, and kidneys, and cause celiac disease, according to The National Library of Medicine as well as WebMD. On the oat milk aspect, the article by Daily Mail includes an Environmental Health News test series where they tested fourteen different oat milk brands to only find traces of glyphosate in two, Silk and MALK brands. This makes the title misleading as it implies all kinds of oat milk include this chemical. 

https://www.webmd.com/cancer/herbicide-glyphosate-cancer

https://www.epa.gov/ingredients-used-pesticide-products/glyphosate

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8622992/