On Wednesday, March 26, 2008, an environmental study was presented in the European Parliament whose content was not new to us but does however confirm what we have known for 25 years. This is why we decided long ago to only drink and sell organic wine.
“Red wine often contains pesticides, no matter how expensive it is – wines from Germany, Italy and France often contain pesticides. This is the result of an analysis done by environmentalists. However, in no case were the pesticide limits exceeded.
Brussels – in vino veritas. The Pesticide Action Network (PAN) took this old Roman proverb literally and sent 40 different red wines to the lab to be analyzed. The result: Pesticide residue was found in 35 bottles. Of these, five were categorized as carcinogenic or possibly causing genetic changes, according the study presented in Brussels on Wednesday.”
Source: hda/AFP http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/0,1518,543553,00.html
Erich Hartl
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