Hey Anons…I need some critical thinking skills help.
I've read numerous articles about Glyphosate in beer and wine (posted some links below)…anyway, I like beer and what I've read even small amounts of Glyphosate can be harmful
to humans. So I had an idea on a potential process to remove it during brewing (long shot)…but wanted to make sure of some things:
1) Do my local breweries produce a beer with low enough Glyphosate that I can just safely drink it?
2) Do beers brewed and bottled in Germany have safe levels?
3) Can I find a testing company that will test samples accurately?
So I found a testing company in San Francisco that does this type of testing down to the Parts per Billion (ppb) level. This was not an easy task, the local state university
has a system to do this type of testing but can't test to the ppb level (he suggested I check food testing companies). The testing company I found said that they could do this
testing but would not test Coors…they said that they test Coors for the company and part of the agreement is that they won't knowingly test Coors for others.
Most of the testing companies I checked with would only test Business to Business (B2B)…they were not interested in some independent citizen checking products for Glyphosate…
Anyway…I put together 3 samples (I didn't tell them what was in each sample) and sent them to the testing house in SF. The 3 samples were:
1) local beer I like
2) German brewed and bottled beer (Ayinger, available here)
3) Stella Artois (taken from the list below)…I wanted to test a beer with a known Glyphosate content.
Glyphosate in Beer
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Tsingtao Beer: 49.7 ppb
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Coors Light: 31.1 ppb
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Miller Lite: 29.8 ppb
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Budweiser: 27 ppb
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Corona Extra: 25.1 ppb
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Heineken: 20.9 ppb
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Guinness Draught: 20.3 ppb
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Stella Artois: 18.7 ppb
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Ace Perry Hard Cider: 14.5 ppb
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Sierra Nevada Pale Ale: 11.8 ppb
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New Belgium Fat Tire Amber Ale: 11.2 ppb
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Sam Adams New England IPA: 11 ppb
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Stella Artois Cidre: 9.1 ppb
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Samuel Smith’s Organic Lager: 5.7 ppb
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Peak Beer Organic IPA: no detected level
OK…so this is where I need the help. I received the test results back today and all three samples came back with the value None Detected (see attached)
I told them that the Stella sample should have a detectable value as well as the local brew…they told me they could try testing them on another machine but if the results
are the same I would need to pay for the additional testing ($300 per sample).
So…if you think about the potential liability of Monsanto / Bayer for the harm of Glyphosate and the difficultly in me finding someone willing to test samples from a concerned citizen,
…could these test houses be INCENTIVIZED to produce results like I was given?
And…if I pay to retest a sample…do you think I will get the same result None Detected?
Thanks…
some articles:
Glyphosate Found in 19 of 20 Beers and Wines Tested
https://www.ecowatch.com/glyphosate-beer-wine-2630077686.html
Monsanto’s Harmful Chemical Glyphosate Found In 100% Of California Wines Tested
https://livelovefruit.com/glyphosate-in-wine/
Glyphosate In Wine: It Isn't Bad… It's Horrendous
https://www.centralaswine.com/blog/glyphosate-isnt-bad-its-horrendous