The magazine 60 Million Consumers tested 45 beer references.
Only 11 have no traces of pesticides in them!
It's chilling...
You can't even take a little foam without being poisoned!
Yes, beers are mainly made from barley and malt, crops where pesticides are widely used...
As a result, the beers we drink are contaminated by the pesticides used in the fields . Explanations:
The journalists tried to detect the presence of 248 different pesticide residues.
Thus, of the 45 beers tested, 34 beers contained traces of 4 pesticide molecules including glyphosate, the famous pesticide at the heart of many controversies.
Remember that glyphosate has been classified as a probable carcinogen by the World Health Organization (WHO).
According to this survey, the quantifiable presence of glyphosate was detected in 25 lager beers tested.
And unsurprisingly, among them, there are major brands of beer... but also two brands of beer stamped organic!
The values found are between 0.41 micrograms per liter (µg/L) and 9.32 µg/L.
In the top 3 of the most contaminated beers, we find Affligem blonde with 9.32 µg/L of glyphosate detected.
Then come the blond beer with character from the Intermarché private label "Itinéraire des Saveurs" with 4 pesticide residues and the Hoegaarden with 3 pesticide residues.
On the other hand, the 33 Export, the Carlsberg or the Heineken are good students in the class. No trace of pesticides was detected there.
The good news is that the quantities of pesticides found in contaminated beers are still quite low.
Be aware that the maximum authorized content for the concentration of glyphosate in water is 1 µg/L.
Some beers greatly exceed this legal threshold. But for all that, nothing very worrying.
According to the magazine, it would indeed be necessary to drink more than 2,000 liters of Affligem blonde per day to reach a dangerous level. Which is totally inadvisable and highly improbable;-)
"We are therefore a long way from a dangerous exposure", confirms the magazine. This is something to reassure beer lovers!
But the problem is not really the quantity of contaminated beer absorbed.
For journalists from 60 million consumers , these results clearly reflect the "environmental ubiquity" of the pesticide glyphosate.
This means that soils and crops are widely exposed and contaminated.
The risk also comes from the fact that the consumer is likely to ingest a large number of foods containing traces of pesticides.
"The problem is more about the multiple exposures of glyphosate that we experience daily through our food", explain the journalists of 60 million consumers .
Unfortunately, beer is not the only product to contain traces of pesticides...
Other food products that we consume regularly, even daily, are also affected.
As a result, traces of pesticides end up accumulating in our bodies...
Thus, the Future Generations Association recently analyzed 30 everyday consumer products purchased in supermarkets in Paris and Picardy.
She found traces of glyphosate in 16 different products, such as lentils, chickpeas, pasta and cereals.
These include the following brands:Muesli Alpen Swiss, Weetabix Original, Muesli Jordan Country crisp, Country store Kellogs, Granola grilled oat flakes with Jordans apples, All Bran Fruit'n Fiber Kellogs, Vivien Paille green lentils and Leader Price blond lentils. or even St Éloi chickpeas and Leader Price chickpeas.
It is this multiple exposure that worries because, today, no one is able to say what the consequences on health are.
The precautionary principle therefore invites us to limit the consumption of foods containing traces of pesticides.
Eating organic as often as possible seems to be an alternative to limit health risks.
Experiments have shown that eating organic causes a rapid decrease in traces of pesticides present in the body.
But eating organic is too expensive for many people!
Fortunately, there are tips for eating organic for a reasonable price.
Here are 7 tips that will help you avoid blowing the grocery budget, while eating healthier products.
Unless you prefer to brew your own beer;-)
