Comment on UK fails to ban 36 harmful pesticides outlawed for use in EU
Maeve@kbin.social 1 year agoIt seems I read (quite some time ago) this is due to trade agreements with the US? I do know that Roundup was due to be banned in Mexico, but after pressure from the USA, it never happened.
Emperor@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Oh there will be all sorts of overt and covert pressures being brought on a government already naturally inclined to be light on regulation. There definitely were concerns in the early days about a potential trade deal with America resulting in a degradation of our food standards - chlorinated chicken was the leading horror there.
Maeve@kbin.social 1 year ago
I’m eating that. :-/