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Cattledog

(5,914 posts)
Thu May 30, 2019, 02:36 PM May 2019

New Study Finds Alcohol Is Filled with Dangerous Weedkiller.

Glyphosate in Beer and Wine

To explore how much Roundup the average person drinks, the U.S. PIRG tested 15 beers and 5 wines for glyphosate, the weedkiller’s active ingredient. Of the 20 samples tested, all but ONE contained glyphosate, and 3 out of 4 organic beers and wines contained glyphosate.

The testing results revealed the following. Glyphosate was measured in parts per billion (ppb). Also, keep in mind that while this list is not complete, it is reasonable to assume that almost all conventional wines contain some level of glyphosate.

Glyphosate in Wines

1. Sutter Home Merlot: 51.4 ppb
2. Beringer Founders Estates Moscato: 42.6 ppb
3. Barefoot Cabernet Sauvignon: 36.3 ppb
4. Inkarri Malbec: Certified Organic: 5.3 ppb
5. Frey Organic Natural White: 4.8 ppb

Glyphosate in Beer

1. Tsingtao Beer: 49.7 ppb
2. Coors Light: 31.1 ppb
3. Miller Lite: 29.8 ppb
4. Budweiser: 27 ppb
5. Corona Extra: 25.1 ppb
6. Heineken: 20.9 ppb
7. Guinness Draught: 20.3 ppb
8. Stella Artois: 18.7 ppb
9. Ace Perry Hard Cider: 14.5 ppb
10. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale: 11.8 ppb
11. New Belgium Fat Tire Amber Ale: 11.2 ppb
12. Sam Adams New England IPA: 11 ppb
13. Stella Artois Cidre: 9.1 ppb
14. Samuel Smith’s Organic Lager: 5.7 ppb
15. Peak Beer Organic IPA: no detected level


https://livelovefruit.com/glyphosate-in-beer-and-wine/
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New Study Finds Alcohol Is Filled with Dangerous Weedkiller. (Original Post) Cattledog May 2019 OP
That's enough to drive you to drink. Arkansas Granny May 2019 #1
Moral of this study? Drink hard liquor or smoke pot. Ferrets are Cool May 2019 #2
49.7 parts per billion on the high end of beer. Dr Hobbitstein May 2019 #3
Well, there is a known carcinogen in wine and beer. In high amounts. eallen May 2019 #7
Ha! So very true! Dr Hobbitstein May 2019 #8
It looks like all of the ones they tested PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #4
The beers they tested had little to no roundup. nt Dr Hobbitstein May 2019 #5
People still report on what EWG has to say? Thyla May 2019 #6
Wonder if these stats closely match the PPB found in the water supplies they used for the ... SWBTATTReg May 2019 #9
Acceptable levels are in the PPM range. Dr Hobbitstein May 2019 #10
GHS signal word: DANGER kat3rinamarquez Jun 2019 #11

Arkansas Granny

(31,515 posts)
1. That's enough to drive you to drink.
Thu May 30, 2019, 02:38 PM
May 2019

Seriously, it seems that there is nothing anymore that is completely safe from being poisoned.

 

Dr Hobbitstein

(6,568 posts)
3. 49.7 parts per billion on the high end of beer.
Thu May 30, 2019, 03:04 PM
May 2019

51.4 ppb on the high end of wine.

Unless you believe water has memory, this is an insignificant number.

eallen

(2,953 posts)
7. Well, there is a known carcinogen in wine and beer. In high amounts.
Thu May 30, 2019, 03:16 PM
May 2019

My wine is 14% ethanol. That's 140,000,000 ppb.

You cannot tell me that is insignificant!

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,849 posts)
4. It looks like all of the ones they tested
Thu May 30, 2019, 03:08 PM
May 2019

are made by mega-breweries/wineries.

I'm going to guess that the micro-brews I drink have little or no round-up.

SWBTATTReg

(22,114 posts)
9. Wonder if these stats closely match the PPB found in the water supplies they used for the ...
Thu May 30, 2019, 04:44 PM
May 2019

wines and/or beer? I know that some of these undergo filtering so I am wondering why didn't the filtering take out, or is this an acceptable level?

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