National School Lunch Testing Results

Thirty million genetically modified school meals are served daily in America to our children. Moms Across America commissioned testing of 43 school lunch samples — 18 MAA supporters' children purchased and brought home a school lunch in an unused plastic bag, sealed with parent affidavit, and shipped frozen by 1–2 day delivery to Health Research Institute Laboratories in Fairfield, Iowa. No supporter was compensated. Samples came from 18 cities in 15 states.

10% of the samples contained Nicarbazine, a known aviary contraceptive. 93% (41 of 44) of school lunch items contained carcinogenic, endocrine disrupting, and liver-disease-causing glyphosate. 74% of samples contained at least one of 29 harmful pesticides. Four veterinary drugs and hormones were found in 9 school lunch samples at levels up to 130.76 ng/g.

100% of the school lunch samples contained heavy metals at levels up to 6,293 times higher than the EPA's maximum levels allowed in drinking water. The levels ranged from 0.5 ppb to 94.4 µg/kg. The highest levels were cadmium at 46.8 µg/kg and lead at 94.4 µg/kg. Note that EPA drinking water limits referenced are: arsenic 10 ppb, cadmium 5 ppb, lead 15 ppb, mercury 2 ppb.

The highest levels of glyphosate and AMPA (AMPA is glyphosate's breakdown and can be even more toxic) were found in a beef taco with soft wheat tortilla at 286.77 ng/g and pizza at 156.14 ng/g. 28 of the 44 school meal samples (63.6%) contained wheat ingredients. 100% of the wheat products were positive with glyphosate, averaging 42.09 ng/g. The average glyphosate level in pizza was 154.51 ng/g.

Moms Across America had the 43 school lunch samples tested for 220 of the most egregious pesticides and 108 veterinary drugs and hormones. 29 different types of pesticides were present in 74% of the school lunches. Thiabendazole, an immune suppressant, was present in 12 of 43 samples (27.9%) and was found at 176.28 ppb on a green apple and 34.99 ppb on a red apple. Piperonal Butoxide (PBO), a developmental toxin causing birth defects and neurodevelopment disruptions, was in 18 of 43 samples (41%), up to 41.96 ppb in a hamburger. Pyrimethanil, which causes thyroid tumors in animals, was detected at 595.04 ppb on an apple.

The harmful effect threshold cited is total effective glyphosate above 25 ng/g. Dr. Nancy Swanson's research found a 98.93% correlation between autism diagnoses and glyphosate use. Dr. Stephanie Seneff projected that 1 out of 2 children born in America in 2032 will be diagnosed with autism if current trends continue.