Friend,

When you enjoy a glass of wine with dinner or go out for beers with friends, the last thing on your mind should be whether or not you're drinking pesticides. We count on the things we eat and drink to be free of chemicals like Roundup.

That's why U.S. PIRG wants to keep you informed and protect consumers from exposure to dangerous chemicals. A report by our research partners at U.S. PIRG Education Fund reveals that 19 out of 20 tested beer and wine samples contained detectable levels of glyphosate, the main active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup.1

The presence of pesticides in our beverages is unacceptable. U.S. PIRG is working hard to get dangerous chemicals like glyphosate out of our food and drinks for good, but campaigns like this take resources.

We count on people like you to keep our work going. Will you donate to U.S. PIRG today to support our campaign to protect consumers from Roundup, and all our work in the public interest?

Glyphosate is classified by the World Health Organization's cancer agency as a "probable carcinogen."2 It's nothing we should make a habit of touching, let alone eating or drinking. But avoiding glyphosate exposure is a serious challenge in a world where Roundup is such a widely used herbicide.

It's not just homeowners using Roundup to kill weeds in their lawn. Glyphosate is ubiquitous in agriculture. Enough of it is used every year to spray nearly half a pound of this dangerous chemical on every single acre of cultivated land in the world.3

U.S. PIRG can't keep working to protect the public from the dangers of glyphosate without you. Support our work today.

It's beyond time to ban Roundup. U.S. PIRG and our national network have mobilized tens of thousands of people to call for bans on this hazardous herbicide nationwide. Meanwhile, we're calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to test for the presence of glyphosate in food and drinks before they reach store shelves.

Our research partners tested 20 beer and wine samples to see if this hazardous chemical has made its way into products people drink.

With more resources, we can continue all our work and keep the public informed about the presence of glyphosate in other products.

Donate to U.S. PIRG today to keep our work going. Together we can work toward a future free of harmful pesticides.

Thank you,

Faye Park
President

1. Kara Cook, "Glyphosate Pesticide in Beer and Wine," U.S. PIRG Education Fund, February 2019.
2. "IARC Monograph on Glyphosate," International Agency for Research on Cancer / World Health Organization, January 3, 2016.
3. Charles Benbrook, "Trends in glyphosate herbicide use in the United States and globally," Environmental Sciences Europe, February 2, 2016.