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posted by mrpg on Monday August 13 2018, @08:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the too-late dept.

The New York Times reports:

A federal appeals court ordered the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday to bar within 60 days a widely used pesticide associated with developmental disabilities and other health problems in children, dealing the industry a major blow after it had successfully lobbied the Trump administration to reject a ban.

The order by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit came after a decade-long effort by environmental and public health groups to get the pesticide, chlorpyrifos, removed from the market. The product is used in more than 50 fruit, nut, cereal and vegetable crops including apples, almonds, oranges and broccoli, with more than 640,000 acres treated in California alone in 2016, the most recent year data is available.


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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by fishybell on Monday August 13 2018, @03:06PM (1 child)

    by fishybell (3156) on Monday August 13 2018, @03:06PM (#721001)

    Also, ain't no one (or at least very few) who are suggesting you start growing dogs on large industrial farms for people to eat.

    The problem with pesticides is that, like your flea treatment, they are poison. They are designed or chosen because of their drastic effect on living cells inside living organisms.

    Biologically active substances are not all made the same; what poisons one animal does not always poison another, just look at dogs and chocolate. That said, we know these substances are poison not just to bugs, but also to us. Why would we choose to poison ourselves? Would people eat the fruit if it came with a big sign at the supermarket saying "WARNING! POISON!" ...of course not. The only reason people accept this in their diet is because they don't know the dangers.

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 13 2018, @03:41PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 13 2018, @03:41PM (#721012)

    我經營一家中餐館,你麻木不仁!

    小狗很好吃!