US EditionIs your wine laced with forever chemicals? What a new study says
- A recent report detected increasing levels of the forever chemical trifluoroacetic acid in European wines.
- Trifluoroacetic acid is a breakdown product of PFAS substances, and levels have increased sharply in wines produced since 2010.
- The study examined 49 wines from several EU countries, including organic wines, finding contamination levels varied widely.
- Some wines contained trifluoroacetic acid levels 100 times higher than Europe's strictest drinking water threshold.
- The findings prompted debate on contamination causes and substance restrictions, while industry bodies questioned the report's sample size and methodology.
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Is your wine laced with forever chemicals? What a new study says
Recent tests conducted by Pesticide Action Network Europe have shown a shocking rise in the detectable levels of TFA, or triflouroacetic acid, in wines sampled from ten EU countries. TFA is a persistent breakdown product of chemicals used in refrigeration and agriculture, and is thought to pose a threat to human reproduction and liver toxicity. […] The post Is your wine laced with forever chemicals? What a new study says appeared first on The Ma…
Not Just Ethanol: New Report Exposes the Poison in Wine - Movendi International
Poison in the Glass: The Dirty Secret Behind Wine’s Fake ImageA new report exposes a toxic truth: that wine’s image is fake. Today’s wines are laced with “forever chemicals” and pesticide residues that endanger people’s health and the environment. A groundbreaking new report by PAN Europe, reported by news media such as Dagens Nyheter and Accent, exposes an alarming rise in contamination of European wines with trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), a highl…
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