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Around 80% of Americans have been exposed to the plant pesticide chlormequat, which causes fertility and growth issues in animals, according to a new study published Thursday...

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[–] stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pub 34 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I can’t stand living in this country sometimes.

How does this shit continue to fucking happen year after year decade after decade.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 27 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Greed. It happens because of selfish greedy people who care about nothing but making themselves richer.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Interestingly enough, the US does not allow American farmers to use chlormequat on domestic food. That said, the loophole is that US food producers are allowed to import crops grown with it.

And although most US grain is grown domestically, the US gets a shitload of oats from Canada, and Canada still sprays this crap on crops. The UK is also shady with this stuff.

[–] stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pub 2 points 7 months ago

Now we’re getting somewhere, very interesting