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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/65104009

The country's main farming unions want to pressure MPs into re-authorising a neurotoxic insecticide accused of causing massive bee and pollinator die-offs.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago

I'm currently dealing with an ant infestation in my yard. All my neighbors have it too. So I did the reasonable thing and researched the different pesticides because I tend to not want to kill all of the amphibians and pollinators. And holy fuck are some of these pesticides toxic. They're all neurotoxins ffs. Why are people cool with spraying neurotoxins on our food?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

I just wish the people who end up growing food weren't some of the dumbest people alive

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

It's ok they can only use the pesticides on the stuff they sell, not on the stuff they themselves consume 👍😄