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in most civilised countries: chemicals added to food are banned until proven safe ... then you have the USA

• JumpCrisscross 10mo ago
  > chemicals added to food are banned until proven safe Is that the case here? Paraquat wasn’t banned for any reason, it just hasn’t been approved yet? That doesn’t comport with how the word “banned” is usually used.
  • blibble 10mo ago
    yes, the companies producing it tried getting it approved, and it was for a bit and then the approval was overturned as the evidence was crap so, back to the original state: banned until proven safe
    • JumpCrisscross 10mo ago
      > then the approval was overturned as the evidence was crap Source? I’m curious for this context.
      • cess11 10mo ago
        I think they might refer to the EU approving of paraquat, which was appealed by Sweden and other countries and it was a legal process churning on until 2007 when the presumed link with Parkinson's and other factors led to the decision to ban it.
        • JumpCrisscross 10mo ago
          > when the presumed link with Parkinson's and other factors led to the decision to ban it Do you have a link to this decision? I'm having trouble finding it on my own.
          • cess11 10mo ago
            First instance: https://curia.europa.eu/en/actu/communiques/cp07/aff/cp070045en.pdf https://curia.europa.eu/en/actu/communiques/cp07/aff/cp07004... ECJ: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:62004TJ0229_SUM https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELE...
  • finghin 10mo ago
    that means it could not be sold as fertiliser since that term is presumably regulated.
• Aloisius 10mo ago
  What civilized countries are we talking about? Because paraquat was approved for use over much of the world at one point, including countries people claim require substances be "proven safe."