This is one drink you shouldn't sip slowly.
Moscow mules, a mixed cocktail of vodka, ginger beer, and lime juice, are traditionally served in copper mugs—and have been ever since they first became popular in the 1940s. However, a new 2022 study published in thefrom copper mugs in as little as 27 minutes. In that time, your drink could contain 1.3 parts per million of copper, an amount which exceeds the safe levels laid out by the Environmental Protection Agency for drinking water.
The study is not the first to warn consumers about the dangers of consuming leached copper. In 2017, the State of Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division released banned bars from servingThe good news is that just one or two drinks should do little to no damage.", Carroll College associate chemistry professor and co-author of the study, told Kaiser Health Network ."For that, you would need to drink 30 Moscow mules in a 24-hour period," she added.
slowly over a long period of time—you could eventually experience copper toxicity in your body over time.
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