Researchers find weedkiller ingredient Glyphosate in name brand beer and wine

Researchers have discovered Glyphosate — an ingredient found in some weedkillers — in name brand wines and beers. Scientists from U.S. PIRG tested 20 different alcoholic brands and found the troubling ingredient in 19 of the labels. A federal judge is currently examining the link between glyphosate and cancer because an individual is suing Monsanto, the company behind the popular weedkiller, Roundup, for giving them cancer. The director of U.S. PIRG, Kara Cook-Schultz, believes this is...

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