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stogotyesterday at 6:18 PM3 repliesview on HN

Companies that poison the people like this should be sanctioned, along with their owners. Greed and profiteering


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flexagoonyesterday at 7:44 PM

They don't "poison the people" unless the pesticides are found in a toxic dose (they are not).

Of course, the legal limits are purposefully designed to be well below the LOAEL, and those companies that were found to contain levels above them should face consequences. But to claim they "poison the people" isn't true.

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spwa4yesterday at 6:32 PM

Wasn't the EU fresh from a scandal that they voted all sorts of laws, sued lots of EU companies, and then allowed Chinese companies to import lots of stuff that obviously violated all those laws for 20+ years?

From safety regulations to baby toys with lead paint.

The EU will probably do nothing again.

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WhereIsTheTruthyesterday at 8:03 PM

+1

The downvotes aren't surprising, people who have spent enough time on this orange site tend to lose the plot