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Not emphasised in this article: US corporations are making these poisons that cannot be sold in the USA or EU and exporting them to poor countries. From which t
by JulianMorrison 7y ago
Not emphasised in this article: US corporations are making these poisons that cannot be sold in the USA or EU and exporting them to poor countries. From which they are returning in the hands of criminal gangs.
Have you considered banning this shit, America?
- coconutrandom 7y agoYes, they have, that's why it's called "illegal" pot.
- saganus 7y agoI think the GP meant they should ban the insecticide.
- saganus 7y agoedit: the production of the insecticide
- JulianMorrison 7y agoMore generally: If X is too poisonous, carcinogenic, environmentally ruining, etc to sell in your own developed country, manufacturing it to sell in poorer countries is evil and unacceptable. The fact that karma came and blew it back into the origin country is just a bit of poetic self-own here.
- Frost1x 7y agoYour average American probably is completely unaware of this (I know I was unaware) and would most likely not approve of such business practices (except for the few employed by FMC in PA). Your average American also has no real voice or power in the US anymore. Blame massive private wealth interests and their interwoven government corruption.
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- pastor_elm 7y agoCarbofuran is not technically banned in the US. Its use on foods is banned, making it a de facto ban for large scale agriculture. >Traces of the pesticide carbofuran can no longer remain on food sold in the United States, whether domestic or imported, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2009/2009-05-11-093.asp http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2009/2009-05-11-093.asp You can actually buy it right here: https://www.chemservice.com/carbofuran-n-11405-250mg.html https://www.chemservice.com/carbofuran-n-11405-250mg.html
- jakobegger 7y agoThis article is a good argument that it should be banned. Also, the US has a lot of influence. They could get chemicals outlawed in other countries if they really wanted to. I mean, they got the whole world to adopt biometric passports, and they managed to get banks worldwide to agree to their reporting requirements. But when it's about dangerous chemicals, they throw their hands in the air. Presumably because the industry needs some place to buy their poisons.
- JulianMorrison 7y agoIndustry could just make something else. There's a cold callousness to trading off human lives against mere sunk costs.
- HarryHirsch 7y agoIt's banned in the EU and Canada because of concerns over mammalian toxicity. The stuff is not safe for the worker that applies it unless serious precautions are taken, and we all know what agricultural labour looks like.