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Carbofuran 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 carb
by pastor_elm 7y ago
Carbofuran 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.