"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."
http://www.nydailynews.com/life-styl...icle-1.2543770
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."
http://www.nydailynews.com/life-styl...icle-1.2543770
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