Swiss mired in poisonous row over pesticides:
[...] The Swiss will vote on Jun 13 on a proposal which, if it passes, would make Switzerland the first country in the world to ban synthetic pesticides.
Proponents seek to ban pesticides with non-naturally occurring chemicals - and not only for agriculture but also for public green spaces, private gardens, and even for killing the weeds on railway tracks.
The initiative, entitled "For a Switzerland free from synthetic pesticides", would also ban the import of foodstuffs produced with synthetic pesticides, so as not to put Swiss farmers at a disadvantage.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 07 2021, @04:15PM (2 children)
Remember talking to a major potsmoker who was insisting that it was totally harmless because it's "natural, man!".
So I told him that if natural things are harmless, he should load up on totally natural cobra venom. Harmless, because it's natural!
I haven't seen a pothead so angry ever before.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday June 07 2021, @06:24PM
Socrates last statement: "I drank what? . . ."
Poverty exists not because we cannot feed the poor, but because we cannot satisfy the rich.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday June 08 2021, @04:31AM