When it comes to wine, many mistake him for a drink any, for those who do not know the Bacchus is assumed to be Asian. The Vitis Vinifera grapes or "European", was first cultivated 8000 years ago in Asia, in the lands between the Baltic, Black, Caspian and northern Iran. There are also two species of American origin, the hidden screws and bolts lambrusca, the first was discovered by the Vikings and cultivated by British settlers in the nineteenth century, and still is the most cultivated overseas. In this concept I keep wondering what are the drug companies who sponsor wine-making chemicals in order to make a drink called VI-NO? Emi still wonder why drinking wine made from the drugs ?
Why do I need to poison both the therapeutic and the plant ourselves to get a wine that is made from eight million years?
now shows you how much chemistry there might be at a glass of wine.
Pesticide residues in wines, CO2, and various poisons.
few days ago Nicolas Joly who sent me this article in full you carry on a study done to detect the presence of pesticides in wine. The results are truly shocking: he arrived to find the threshold of 5800 times the maximum pesticide residues allowed in drinking water!
Sunday evening April 13 to transmit the report said CO2 produced by plowing one hectare of land produces more CO2 that chemical fertilizers in 1000 trucks a day on a motorway ... .. always in the same show they talked about a study done by FAO, saying, that if cultivated by the method of organic farming around the world there would be a 10% drop in production in industrialized nations and an increase of at least 30% in countries poor and non-chemical fertilizers (and poisoning) falls comfortably within the parameters of CO2. And then we have to change cars for the Euro 4 5 ... ol'Euro
And then tell us that food is missing or is too expensive, when England only had a difference of 50% on fruits and vegetables that is sold.
Pesticide residues in wine
associations Pesticides Action Network Europe (Pan-Europe), including MDRGF have published the results of analysis carried out on a campaign of wines from Europe and other countries around the world and denounce the widespread contamination of pesticide residues from these wines.
The study was coordinated and supported by the Pan-Europe MDRGF for France, Austria for the Global 2000 and Greenpeace in Germany.
were analyzed 40 bottles of red wine from France, Austria, Germany, Italy, Portugal, South Africa, Australia and Chile of these bottles, 34 were from intensive agriculture (chemistry) and 6 from organic farming.
Results: 100% of conventional wines tested are contaminated. Each sample analyzed contains an average of more than four pesticides: the most contaminated contain up to 10 different pesticides!
levels of contamination
the level of contamination was found at 5800-fold higher than that allowed in drinking water! The levels of contamination in this study are variable and do not exceed the maximum permitted limits (MRL) for the raw material. It is known fact that there are no MRLs for wine, but that you are referring to the limits established for grapes, which are very high limits. The levels of contamination observed in the wine are considerably higher than the permissible levels for pesticides in water, some of the wines analyzed were found to amount 5800 times higher than the maximum allowable concentrations (MAC) approved for pesticides in tap water!
health risks.
These multiple residues show a massive use of pesticides in viticulture. Among these compounds have been found several molecules potentially carcinogenic and teratogenic, neurotoxic, endocrine imbalance and agents of development.
organic wines.
organic wines tested showed no traces of pesticide residues with the exception of a sample of Bourgogne in which they have found traces of a pesticide. This is explained by the presence of trace, just because of the amount so modest ones, the drift of sprays coming from neighboring lots conducted by the conventional method. This contamination of organic products, although rare and trace, is absolutely not acceptable to the control system, although drift.
The study for Pan-Europe and MDRGF shows that very intensive use of pesticides in viticulture (20% of pesticides has consumed at least 3% of the agricultural area that wine) will result in the systematic presence of several residues in wines.
"The time has come, in accordance with decisions of the Round Table, that viticulture reduce its consumption of pesticides to minimize exposure of consumers to health risks, focusing on the techniques of cultivation alternatives to synthetic pesticides. These are alternative systems that MDRGF promoted at the 3rd edition of "pesticide-free week" that took place March 20 to 30.
F. Veillerette States, the President of MDRGF and director of the Pan-Europe network. "In addition, representatives the French government will absolutely do everything to eliminate the European legislation on pesticides pesticides most dangerous and enhance systems that greatly reduce or completely do without, these poisons
If you are interested in more detailed information on the study "Pesticide residues in wine can go on the following sites:
TELECHARGEZ In the French ' étude complète et des informations complémentaires
Download the communiqué de presse faisant état des résultats
In English
Download the full results and more informations
Download the press release
