A new lawsuit has emerged against part of the cheap wine US industry, as it has come out that some of the most popular low-cost brands in the country might contain incredibly high levels of arsenic, about 500 percent more than what experts have recommended as a safe intake.
The cheap wine US lawsuit will, of course, affect those with lower income and college students the hardest, as it means that the drinks they're enjoying on chill nights with friends could potentially end up being deadly, as the industry takes a very important blow.
According to Slate Magazine, the cheap wine US lawsuit comes from four California residents who have complained about wines sold under labels like Ménage à Trois, Sutter Home, Franzia, Almaden, Mogen David, Wine Cube and Charles "Two-Buck Chuck" Shaw - saying that they contain levels of arsenic 600 percent higher than what can be considered as safe.
The Independent reports that the lawsuit, issued last Thursday in Los Angeles, states that these California brands have five times more arsenic than what is considered safe by the Environmental Protection Agency in water in the country, something that has set off alarms throughout the country.
This would be surprising considering that the wine industry, including the cheap wine US brands, are highly regulated by different entities, among them the Wine Institute, who say that the claims in the lawsuit are false and misleading.
"While there are no established limits in the U.S., several countries, including the European Union, have established limits of 100 parts per billion or higher for wine. California wine exports are tested by these governments and are below the established limits," said the Wine Institute in a recent statement about the cheap wine US lawsuit, according to Mother Jones.
While the plaintiffs (Alvin Jones, Doris Charles plus Jason and Jennifer Peltier) claim that the continuous consumption of cheap wine US could cause cancer among other health problems, experts in the industry claim that the lawsuit is untruthful and irresponsible.