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I don't understand why they're not fining the developers/manufacturers/sellers of products that harm the insects. Isn't it easiest to stop this at the source? H
by Woberto 5y ago
I don't understand why they're not fining the developers/manufacturers/sellers of products that harm the insects. Isn't it easiest to stop this at the source? How likely is it that individual farmers will make their own? I guess there's such thing as moonshine but I don't know how similar this case is...
Regardless, this seems like another instance of putting the responsibility on consumers/individuals, and not on companies that introduce these products with no regard to the potential downstream side effects. Guess it maybe ties into to "regulation" and "individual rights", like how instead of regulating fast food companies, it's been decided that it's the consumer's choice whether to eat fast food. I'm getting off on tangents that maybe aren't related, and I'd be interested to hear other perspectives.
- dnautics 5y agoI think that you'll find that in many cases the move to adopt those things like insecticides was incentivized by the government at many levels (ag grants, research grants, etc). So you now have conflicting messages by the government. "do this!" "don't do this!".
- destitude 5y agoAlso corruption. Insecticides are big business and there is already evidence of corruption within EPA to placate industry.