RetroFed
EU-approved pesticide found to have potential effects on brain development
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Hey. I’m actually involved with two of the products that contain this compound. These have been under fire last year because the same compound degrades into a kind of pfas and have already been banned in a few EU countries. A process to ban it EU wide was already started even before this brain development news. It’s very likely that by 2028 this will be banned EU wide but it’s probable it may be even sooner than that. If any of you want to know it’s a compound that’s used effectively to counteract late blight in potatoes, a disease that can totally devastate the entire crop in a weeks time. Without anything to combat late blight potatoes cultivation in the EU would stall to a halt with severe shortages as organic potatoes are impossible to grow in some locations. However right now we have a couple alternatives left, so so far so good. I’m in favor of banning fluazinam.
So, something is introduced to help, it’s discovered that there is an issue, testing is done, an alternative is introduced or some mitigation. That’s a sane approach.
The US on the other hand: something is introduced, it’s discovered there is an issue, company slips the government an undisclosed amount of money, government doubles down on forcing people to keep using it.
something happens, outrage, everyone forgets, no action taken, repeat