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The article title purposefully leaves out the "emergency use authorization" part in order to drum up anger. I think that part should be put in. 11 other countr
by NikolaeVarius 6y ago
The article title purposefully leaves out the "emergency use authorization" part in order to drum up anger. I think that part should be put in.
11 other countries have joined in the emergency authorization so its not just a UK thing.
This is not a pro/against post about Thiamethoxam. The studies seem a bit divided, and the UK banned out of abundance of caution from a European Food Safety Authority study, versus a larger global study.
- Chris2048 6y agoI saw the title and immediately thought "is this gonna be BS". Turns out yes.
- lwhi 6y agoHow's it been shown to be BS?
- Chris2048 6y agoIt fails to mention the authorizations are "Emergency authorizations", thereby omitting relevant information to make the title more click-baity
- ashtonkem 6y agoEmergency authorizations often end up being permanent. Claiming that the entire premise of the article doesn’t hold water because it’s an “emergency” authorization is to completely ignore how emergency authorizations work in practice.
- Chris2048 6y agoI didn't claim anything about the premise of the article, I commented on the content of the title/headline.
- lwhi 6y agoRead the article. It doesn't.
- Chris2048 6y agoI was talking about the title.
- atoav 6y agoDepends on the definition of "emergency". Surely the torries will hold their promise and enforce stricter nature protection standards than the EU — absolutely no doubt about it given their track record both when it comes to environmental protection and to keeping promises.
- vixen99 6y agoReading https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.2903/j.efsa.2013.3067 https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.2903/j.efsa.... and https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/114256v1.full.pdf https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/114256v1.full.pdf (for instance - & many more) doesn't suggest BS to me but others can make up their own minds.
- londons_explore 6y ago"emergency use authorization"'s tend to be renewed, and renewed, and finally made permanent...
- rriepe 6y agoIt's worth the anger.
- rdiddly 6y agoI do agree with you, but I also think an appropriate measure of skepticism should be applied to all "emergencies" as well. People do all sorts of stupid counter-productive things when they're all freaked-out and not thinking straight because of an "emergency." And people in a position to create or exaggerate emergencies will do so cynically in order to manipulate an otherwise non-compliant public into accepting all sorts of stuff that's against their interests.