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High levels of ‘forever chemical’ found in cereal products across Europe – study

Photo Credit: wsf AL / Alamy - The highest levels of TFA were found in Irish breakfast cereal, followed by Belgian wholemeal bread, then German wholemeal bread

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“High levels of a toxic ‘forever chemical’ have been found in cereal products across Europe because of its presence in pesticides.

The most contaminated food is breakfast cereal, according to a study by Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN), with average concentrations 100 times higher than in tap water.

The study found trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), a chemical produced when pesticides containing Pfas chemicals break down into the soil, in breakfast cereals, popular sweets, pasta, croissants, wholemeal and refined bread, and flour.” …

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