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Fair enough but two sovereign countries aren’t expected to agree on everything. Variance is expected. What’s the data say in the pesticides?
by dev_dull 7y ago
Fair enough but two sovereign countries aren’t expected to agree on everything. Variance is expected. What’s the data say in the pesticides?
- ilikehurdles 7y agoData says big agriculture has more lobbyist money in US Congress than the team behind the Kinder Egg. The FDA is a revolving door. Dangerous toys get banned because they're easy, usually seasonal and low market-penetration targets for politicians campaigning on protecting the children.
- owlninja 7y agoCan you share this data?
- ilikehurdles 7y agoOpensecrets is a good source: https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?Ind=A https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?Ind=A I don't have the details of the contribution amounts of the Ferrero team on Kinder Suprise Eggs.
- dusbajd 7y agoWhat’s data have to do with anything? All I want is a label telling me what I’m buying. My prejudices against chocolate eggs or RoundUp will affect my purchasing decision. Besides... data??? That’s a laugh! How do you a proper chronic long-term study in biology? Who’d be clean enough for your control group? What chronic conditions are you looking for (I.e are we only looking for yet another thing that causes cancer -yawn-, or are we looking for other ailments which appear to plague us today)? Sure, everyone claims their study achieves the above, but then who reproduces the work to double check it? I’ll stick to my luddite prejudices that serve me quite well. Just let me know what you put in my food, and I’ll decide if I want to buy it or not (btw, guess who are the folks lobbying against labeling laws)