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German Beer Industry Horrified Over Monsanto Glyphosate Contamination

The German beer industry have been left shocked at revelations that 14 of the most popular beers in Germany are contaminated with Monsanto’s carcinogenic herbicide glyphosate.  The Munich Environmental Institute (Umweltinstitut München) released the laboratory results on Thursday which showed that all 14 beers tested positive for traces of glyphosate. Sustainablepulse.com reports: German Beer – Glyphosate Testing Results: Hasseröder Pils – 29,74 μg/l (ppb) Jever Pils – 23,04 μg/l Warsteiner Pils – 20,73 μg/l Radeberger Pilsner – 12,01 μg/l Veltins Pilsener – 5,78 μg/l Oettinger Pils – 3,86 μg/l König Pilsener – 3,35 μg/l Krombacher Pils – 2,99 μg/l Erdinger Weißbier – 2,92 μg/l Paulaner Weißbier – 0,66 μg/l Bitburger Pils – 0,55 μg/l Beck’s Pils – 0,50 μg/l Franziskaner Weißbier – 0,49 μg/l Augustiner Helles – 0,46 μg/l In 2015 the World Health Organization’s cancer agency IARC declared that glyphosate is a probable human carcinogen. The German Brewers’ Association, reacted by calling the study by the Munich Environmental Institute “not credible”, but admitted that low residues of the probable human carcinogen glyphosate could not be prevented, because “the herbicide is now found virtually everywhere after decades of use in agriculture”. Sustainable Pulse Director Henry Rowlands stated Thursday; “Stone-Age industry funded science suggested that [...]