Pursuits
German Beer Purity Under the Microscope as Weedkiller Found
- Glyphosate found in 14 most popular beer brands sold
- Nation prides itself on sticking to 500-year-old purity laws
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German beer brewers, who pride themselves on using nothing but water, hops, malt and yeast to deliver a level of purity enshrined in a 500-year-old law, rejected a study that found traces of a weedkiller in all 14 beer brands put under the microscope.
Traces of the glyphosate herbicide are found “almost everywhere,” including in organic products, the Association of German beer brewers said on Thursday in a statement on its website.