Popular German beers contain weed-killer linked to cancer, study finds
Could this buzz kill?
Traces of a toxic herbicide that has been shown to cause cancer have been found in Germany’s most popular beers.
The Munich Environmental Institute revealed on Thursday that small amounts of glyphosate, the world’s most-used weed killer, were in all 14 brews it tested.
Glyphosate was declared a probable human carcinogen last year by a World Health Organization agency.
The amounts of glyphosate ranged from .46 micrograms found in a liter of Bavarian Augustiner beer to 29.74 microgram in a liter of Hasseröder — which is nearly 300 times the maximum amount of the herbicide allowed in drinking water.
Brands that Americans are more familiar with also showed traces of glyphosate. Beck’s Pils had .5 micrograms per liter, Paulaner Weissbier had .66 micrograms and Erdinger Weissbier had 2.92.
The German Brewer’s Association called the study “not credible,” and argued that the herbicide is so widely used that it “is now found virtually everywhere after decades of use in agriculture.”
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This year, the country celebrates the 500th anniversary of its Reinheitsgebot German purity law, which is one of the globe’s oldest food safety laws. It rules that beer must be made only using malt, hops, yeast and water.
Germany is Europe’s biggest beer producer, and the European Union is reviewing whether to renew approval for glyphosate.
One word. Guinness.
I love Guinness!
"I don't always drink beer, but when I do, I drink Guinness. Stay thirsty my friends."
The Most Interesting NT Member in the World.
Nothing wrong with a pint of Guinness at all.
You all stop by my house later and I'll have a case chilled and ready for absorption...
:~)
I love it best on tap or in the can. Pour it straight down into the glass and dream of that first drink as the foam settles downward toward the bottom. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
CUT IT OUT MICKEY, I HAVE OVER AN HOUR BEFORE WORK IS OVER!
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And I don't have any beer in the house...and a wife who I gave my disability check to without buying any! I have to wait until the 3rd of March to get some!
I do have some weed killer though. Maybe I could drink that and pretend it's German beer?