Joe’s cup that wakes you up in the morning is quite safe when it comes to pollutants and toxins, a new study found. Well … almost.
“Although there were some contaminants, most of them were minimal and well below the European Union’s security boundaries within 6 ounces. This means that coffee is usually safe,” said the executive director of a non-profitable label project that conducted an investigation into a caffeine coffee.
This is a great news because coffee has a star summary: research has shown that it has been drinking about 3 cups of black coffee a day, providing health benefits, such as problems such as heart disease, multiple sclerosis, type 2 diabetes, liver disease, prostate cancer, stroke, dementia and more.
But here’s a grinding – the test found traces of a worrying herbicide called glyphosate, and one of its by -products. Glyphosate is a popular herbicide associated with hormonal disorders and neurotoxic effects, including children’s development and other children’s developmental disorders.
The first Maha (again to make America again a healthy) report published in May has been concerned about the effects of glyphosate and other pesticides on children’s health. However, the US Environmental Protection Agency and other regulatory authorities say that many studies and risk assessments have not shown a negative impact of glyphosate on the food supply.
Plastics from the package
In addition to glyphosate, tests found that some coffee also contained a small amount of phthalates, plasticizer found in consumer products such as food storage containers, shampoo, makeup, perfume and children’s toys.
The phthalates have been linked to reproductive problems such as genital birth defects and the most unfavorable baby boys and a lower sperm number and testosterone levels for adult men. Studies also linked phthalates to asthma, childhood obesity and cancer.
The test shows the highest amount of phthalates in coffee sold in cans, followed by pods and finally bags. The reason is not yet clear: “So our next study will be analyzed by the packaging line of packaging to find out why pollutants change,” Hamilton said.
Caffeine coffee is usually safe from toxins, despite several pain points, the new report said. – Stefania Pelfini_la Waziya Photo/Moment RF/Getty Images
“The cleanliness label project plays an important role in pollutants after the market in daily consumer products, including this latest coffee report,” said David Andrews, who goes to the Chief Education Officer of the Environmental Protection Task Force, or EWG, a non-profit consumer law, which supports a personal care product database.
“Higher phthalate levels found in coffee pods and canned coffee indicate that the packaging can be a significant source of exposure to these chemicals,” Andrew said.
CNN, the National Coffee Association representing CNN, said that “it is very irresponsible to mislead the Americans for their favorite drinking safety.”
“For decades, independent scientific evidence shows that coffee drinkers live longer and live healthier,” said NCA President and CEO, William Bill Murray, said in an email.
Traces of popular pesticide
The clean label project measures the amount of heavy metals, pesticides and plasticizers in food and consumer products. The organization also verifies that those contaminants are listed on the labels of proven products.
To perform tests, Clean Label received coffee examples from 45 popular brands that they did not name. Coffee beans were grown in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Kenya, Peru and Hawaii.
The certified laboratory conducted more than 7,000 attempts looking for pesticides, including glyphosate; heavy metals such as lead, mercury, arsenic and cadmium; Mycotoxins, which are toxic chemical compounds produced by some molds growing on the crop; And Phtalates – Plasticizer found in consumer products such as food wrapping, food storage containers, shampoo, makeup, perfume and children’s toys.
The studies have been prescribed low glyphosate, but “significant” aminomethytilloic acid content or AmpPA, a glyphosate side product because it is broken down in the environment, the report states.
AMPA half -life is longer than glyphosate, which means it can remain in the environment and easily absorb plants from soil and water. In addition, AMPA has been shown to damage cell DNA prostate cells and increases the risk of young adult liver inflammation and metabolic disorders.
A surprising discovery in organic coffee
Studies found that organic coffee was adapted to regular coffee, with a total amount of pollutants in one strange – one strange – all of the 12 organic coffee tested were AMPA level. Of the 45 traditionally grown coffee samples, only 29 have been tested for positive aminomethytillusphonic acids, the report said.
Although certified organic coffee growers cannot use pesticides such as glyphosate, organic fields can be contaminated from neighboring conventional farms, Hamilton said.
“However, AMPA detection of 100% of the organic samples we have tried is definitely a waking call,” she said. “We really need stronger protective measures and greater transparency of our food system.”
Other coffee pollutants
The level of heavy metals depended on where the coffee was grown. Africa has some of the lowest heavy metals and the largest in Hawaiian coffee. However, Hawaii is a volcanic island, so it is expected that the soil will have more heavy metals.
The analysis also found that 100% of the proven coffee samples contained a small amount of acrylamide, a colorless, odor -free chemical formed when certain foods are cooked at high temperatures such as baking, baking and baking.
Acrylamide was associated with cancer in animals when exposed to extremely high doses. However, it is believed that the chemical is toxic to humans when consumed small. Nevertheless, the US Food and Drug Administration advised manufacturers to try to reduce the level of food supply.
The Clean Label test found that acrylamide levels were changing according to the degree of roasting coffee beans. The highest amount of acrylamide was found in medium steaks, followed by light steaks and dark steaks.
“Dark coffee is the best choice because they are roasted at lower temperatures for a long time, so the acrylamide level does not rise,” Hamilton explained. “Light coffee is minimized, so here, the acrylamide level does not create.
“However, medium steaks have a higher amount of acrylamide because they are roasted at higher temperatures long enough to darken the beans,” she said.
What to do?
What could a coffee lover take away from testing?
“When you decide which coffee to buy, choose darker or lightest steaks in bags or pods and think about where coffee is grown, which can affect heavy metals,” Hamilton said.
“But I want to emphasize that it is important to include these conclusions in the context,” she added. “Coffee with caffeine is still one of the cleanest categories we have ever tried.
“Our report is not intended to raise the alarm or prevent consumers from drinking coffee, but rather give people the opportunity to choose the cleanest, safest cup of coffee.”
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