Forever levels of chemical known as TFA have increased in European alcohol “worrying” in recent decades, according to the analysis, pushing fears that pollution will violate planetary borders.
Researchers from the pest pesticide network have tested 49 bottles of commercial wine to find out how TFA pollution In food and drink it may be served. They found levels of triglycero acid (TFA), a long -term collapse of PFAS chemicals that carry potential fertility risk, is much higher than that previously measured in water.
The researchers found that the wine that was produced before 1988 had no trace of TFA, but those who after 2010 showed a sharp rise in pollution. Organic and traditional wines showed a rise in TFA pollution, but levels of organic varieties tend to be less.
“The wines containing the highest concentration of TFA, on average, were the wine that we found with the largest amount of pesticide pesticides,” said Salomé Roynel from Network Action Network. Pfas Pesticides.
The researchers have used 10 Austrian cellar wine since 1974 – before policy changes, which led to the wide use of the chemicals of SEF to TFA – in addition to 16 wine purchased in Austrian supermarkets from 2021 and 2024.
When the initial analysis revealed unexpected high levels of TFA pollution, they asked partners across Europe to contribute to samples from their countries.
The results of 10 European countries showed that there are no quantities that can be discovered from TFA in old wines; “Modest increase” in the concentrations of 13 micrograms/L to 21 micrograms between 1988 and 2010; And “severe height” after that, reaches an average of 121 micrograms/L in the latest wine.
PFAs are chemicals that are widely used in consumer products, and some have proven to have harmful effects on people.
Historically, it has not been upset by the possible health effects of TFA pollution, but recent mammal studies indicate that they are risks to reproductive health. Last year, the German chemical organizer suggested TFA classification as toxic to multiply the European level.
A Ticket In October, he argued the continuous nature of material and growth in the concentrations that TFA meets the criteria “threatening the planetary border of new entities”, with increased exposure to the scale of planets that could have possible introductory effects on the vital land system operations.
“Although the new research was only a preliminary examination, the results were” expected and shocking. “
He said: “In general, they are in line with what the scientific community knows about the worrying rise in TFA with anything that we can measure.” “They also provide additional evidence that PFAS-Pesticides can be a major source of TFA in agricultural areas, along with other sources such as coolers and pharmaceutical preparations.”
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The main sources of TFA are the mixed coolers known as F-Gases, which are dispersed globally, and pesticides PFAs, which are concentrated in agricultural soil. F-GASS concentrations after the 1987 Montreal Protocol increased, ozone drain materials such as chloroplorurcarbons, while PFAs pesticides are believed to have become widespread in Europe in the 1990s.
A Ticket In November, the use of field data from southern Germany revealed a “significant increase” in TFA groundwater when comparing agricultural lands using other land uses.
Gabriel Sigmund, a researcher at the University of Vaginingin and co -author of the study, who did not participate in the report of the pesticide network, said that TFA cannot be degraded due to natural operations and that it is very difficult and costly to remove during water treatment.
He added that for most TFA pesticides, there are little data available on their TFA composition rates.
He said: “This makes it very difficult to assess the amount of TFA composition and the possible agricultural soil for emissions, as accumulated pesticides can degrade and release TFA over time.” “So even if we completely stop using these insecticides now, we must expect another increase in TFA concentrations in our water resources and other places in the coming years.”
