alt Hacker News> chemicals added to food are banned until proven safe
Is that the case here? Paraquat wasn’t banned for any reason, it just hasn’t been approved yet?
That doesn’t comport with how the word “banned” is usually used.
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finghin • last Monday at 8:10 PM
that means it could not be sold as fertiliser since that term is presumably regulated.
yes, the companies producing it tried getting it approved, and it was for a bit
and then the approval was overturned as the evidence was crap
so, back to the original state: banned until proven safe