There ’s this palpable sentiency that European countries likeBelgium , the Netherlands , and Germanyjust roll in the hay what they ’re doing when it comes to producing beer . They produce the Lord ’s ambrosia for the sodding sake of enjoyment , and their juicer do just that . But a late study suggests German beers are n’t actually so pure – in fact , they contain dreaded degree of weed orca .
According to a report by the Munich Environmental Institute , all ofGermany ’s 14 most popular beers bear higher touch of glysophatethan what regulations permit for regular drinking water . If you ’re unfamiliar with glysophate ( i.e. you ’re a normal person ) , it ’s the chemical substance in Roundup that kills the dandelions that grow between cracking in your grandparents ' drive . And if you ’re unfamiliar with the allowable amount of glysophate in drinking water ( i.e. you ’re a normal someone ) , it ’s 0.1 micrograms per litre . If you ’re unfamiliar with what a microgram is , I ca n’t help you .
As for the shuddery amounts of weed sea wolf in beer , the Munich Environmental Institute ’s analysis foundHasseroeder , a brewage own by Anheuser Busch Inbev , contain 29.74 microgram per liter – nearly 300 times what ’s hold secure for drinking water . Even at the modest end of the spectrum , Munich - brewed Augustiner beer hold in 0.46 micrograms per cubic decimetre – four times what ’s deemed secure . Yikes .
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Beers Americans are more familiar with did n’t fair much better . Warsteinercame in at 20.73 micrograms per liter , third - worst among all 14 beers ; while Radeberger came in at 12.01 micgrams / liter ; Bitburger and Beck ’s amount in at the lower goal , with Bitburger at 0.55 micrograms / liter and Beck ’s at 0.50 mcg / cubic decimetre . Still , all these beers were well above the permissible 0.1 threshold .
Of course , theGerman government and beer industrywere spry to anticipate the sketch ’s finding , according to Reuters .
" An grownup would have to booze around 1,000 liters ( 264 U.S. gallons ) of beer a day to absorb enough quantity to be harmful for health , " Germany ’s Federal Institute for Risk assessment said in a statement .
Meanwhile , the brewers behind many of the beers admit in the study wonder the findings all told , with AB Inbev calling the findings " laughable and entirely unfounded . "
Obviously , this battle isjust beginning to house of cards , and more back - and - forth about glysophate seeping into beerappears to be brewing , as Germany is Europe ’s large beer producer , with more than1,300 breweries and 5,000 dissimilar beer . Beer wordplay .
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