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Researchers point to contaminated water after ‘forever chemicals’ found in all but one of 23 sampled beers
All but one of 23 beers sampled for toxic Pfas “forever chemicals” contained the compounds, new research finds, raising safety questions about one of the world’s most popular beverages.
The researchers checked craft beer from multiple states, major domestic brands, and several international labels.
When possible, they compared the measurements to Pfas levels in the county water supply where each was bottled, revealing a “strong correlation” that suggests contaminated water is driving most of the problem. The levels were often above some drinking water limits for Pfas.
It’s in every source of water on the planet, including people. It collects in brains and testes and other organs and we’ve been hearing about it for ages.
But somehow it’s surprising it’s in beer and oh we gotta write an article about it!
Quite literally, they’ve found caves untouched for millennia that have microplastics in them. They’re inescapable at this point.
It’s pedantic, but PFAs & microplastics are two very different things.
The article says it was found in American beer but not in international beer
It says it was found in international beers as well