Trump Approves Toxic Cancer-Linked Forever Chemical Pesticides On Major Food Crops Never Before Used In America
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/epa-approves-new-fluorinated-pesticides-1806171
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/epa-approves-new-fluorinated-pesticides-1806171
30 Comments
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 47 pts · 53d
The level of corruption is staggering.
Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk · 34 pts · 53d
Make America Toxic Again.....
And the Administration are genuinely bemused as to why we (UK and EU) refuse to import american food
discocactus@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 52d
The US had previously only allowed chlormequat on ornamentals. EU allows it on food crops. And US contamination in food comes primarily from Canadian wheat. This isn't just a US problem.
MyDogLovesMe@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 53d
Corn and soybeans.
…so, everything almost.
reluctant_squidd@lemmy.ca · 18 pts · 53d
I guess screwing over all the generations to come is now on the table, not just the next few dozen.
NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 53d
The genius is that with the reproductive toxicity, they won’t even have to think multiple generations ahead!
reluctant_squidd@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 53d
“Make America vacant again!”
Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 53d
I've got some bad news about climate change..
reluctant_squidd@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 52d
I guess we are all going down anyways. Might as well get poisoned to boot!
Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 52d
That's the spirit!
MrSmith@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 53d
Isolate the US from the rest of the world.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 53d
Never let RFK Jr convince you that they give a shit about public health
Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 53d
Nobody believed a word that shaky voiced mother fucker had to say to begin with
LostWon@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 52d
Scary to see this around the same time Carney's govt here in Canada decided to give themselves the power to overrule Health Canada bans on toxic pesticides if they ever feel like it.
Maeve@kbin.earth · 13 pts · 53d
I said elsewhere the termination of trade agreements with Mexico and Canada are funny, because now they lose a headache. UK, Israel, EU not so much.
discocactus@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 52d
Chlormequat is used in the EU so.
Maeve@kbin.earth · 0 pts · 52d
So? Doesn't mean it's good.
Eta: moreover, USA negotiates trade agreements to force trading partners to lower standards, which is fine with EU leaders, despite theatre, because they serve the same business interest masters.
starlinguk@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 53d
Can you sue the farmer who uses them?
TheObviousSolution@thebrainbin.org · 9 pts · 53d
BIO food for the wealthy and mass grown crops riddled with this toxic disease for everyone else.
ZDL@lazysoci.al · 9 pts · 52d
It's a pity that I was already boycotting anything American. This would have been a perfect reason to boycott American food.
NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 53d
If you have a local farm share program, I highly recommend signing up. We have gotten to know the lovely family growing our summer veggies and they send out weekly email updates about how the farm is doing, recipes for what we have in stock the next week, etc. It’s a great way to get closer in touch with where your food comes from, as well as reduce the rate that we are being pickled by PFAS
discocactus@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 53d
Hard to find local corn and wheat.
ZDL@lazysoci.al · 3 pts · 52d
Then eat what's local.
NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 52d
Depends what’s near you. Our local farmer’s market actually does have someone selling flour
DarkDecay@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 53d
This kills the agricultural exports
oyzmo@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 53d
Won't touch foot from US.
porn_was_never_the_real_issue@fedinsfw.app · 4 pts · 53d
It’s cool that he can do shit like this… and still not go to jail.
/s
ZDL@lazysoci.al · 2 pts · 52d
That is a very klunky headline. Which was never before used in America: the major food crop or the forever chemical pesticides?
AppleMango@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 44d
And the fact that it hasn't been used before isn't what matters.. What matters is whether it actually has any real chance of causing disease. This just makes it seem like fear-mongering.
ZDL@lazysoci.al · 2 pts · 44d
When this SC in particular limits lawsuits against pesticide makers, that signals extreme danger to me.