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Active ingredient in Roundup found in 95% of studied beers and wines

Author: Robby Berman / Source: Big Think

  • U.S. PIRG tested 20 beers and wines, including organics, and found Roundup’s active ingredient in almost all of them.
  • A jury on August 2018 awarded a non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma victim $289 million in Roundup damages.
  • Bayer/Monsanto says Roundup is totally safe. Others disagree.

If there were a Hall of Fame for chemicals people worry about, it’s likely that Monsanto’s weedkiller Roundup would sit near or at the top of that dark pantheon.

It’s been linked to cancers, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, liver disease, kidney disease, birth defects and more. On top of that, many believe it’s what’s been killing off the world’s bees, vital participants in the human food chain.

Now, research just published in February by the education group U.S. PIRG, illumines that the active ingredient in Roundup, glyphosate, may be impacting humans routinely via our drinking habits. In the group’s study, 20 beers and wines, including some organic beverages, were tested for the presence of glyphosate. It was found in 19 of them.

What are you drinking?

The only drink tested that contained no glyphosate was Peak Beer Organic IPA. The comestible with the highest amount of glyphosate? Sutter Home Merlot. The 19 are shown below with the parts per billion (ppb) of glyphosate they contained.

Beers

  • Tsingtao Beer: 49.7 ppb
  • Coors Light: 31.1 ppb
  • Miller Lite: 29.8 ppb
  • Budweiser: 27.0 ppb
  • Corona Extra: 25.1 ppb
  • Heineken: 20.9 ppb
  • Guinness Draught: 20.3 ppb
  • Stella Artois: 18.7 ppb
  • Ace Perry Hard Cider: 14.5 ppb
  • Sierra Nevada Pale Ale: 11.8 ppb
  • New Belgium Fat Tire Amber Ale: 11.2 ppb
  • Sam Adams New England IPA: 11.0 ppb
  • Stella Artois Cidre: 9.1 ppb
  • Samuel Smith’s Organic Lager: 5.7 ppb

Wines

  • Sutter Home Merlot: 51.4 ppb
  • Beringer Founders Estates Moscato: 42.6 ppb
  • Barefoot Cabernet Sauvignon: 36.3 ppb
  • Inkarri Malbec, Certified Organic: 5.3 ppb
  • Frey Organic Natural White: 4.8 ppb

Should such small amounts be of concern? Maybe. The report says:

“While these levels of glyphosate are below EPA risk tolerances for beverages, it is possible that even low levels of glyphosate can be problematic. For example, in one study, scientists found that 1 part per trillion of glyphosate has the potential to stimulate the growth of breast cancer cells and disrupt the endocrine system.”

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