My mind was blow by the pesticide trap video. An essential chemical policy should be that pesticides should not cross countries. Companies should not take their pesticides to countries that are not educated about the product.
From a public health protection perspective, there should be stricter rules on air and water safety for communities. Pesticides are being transferred to other crops making the cycle never ending. Crops around housing should not be able to spray harmful pesticides and communities and crops should not be able to get water from the same source. Toxic water from toxic land could be spilling into a communities water source, and again the cycle never ends
Hey Rudi,
ReplyDeleteI think I've heard somewhere that lettuce and cucumbers always contains a lot of pesticides for some reason. In my opinion, there shouldn't be any number of pesticides on food, but I do like the idea if at least limiting the number of pesticides that can be on food.
I agree with you that there should be safer substitutes and phasing out of toxic chemicals, but that is where the green chemistry initiative comes in. Its just that more people should be aware of the dangers of todays products, and more aware of the green chemistry initiative to support it and make it happen faster.
Pesticides should definitely not be brought over into other countries, whether of the two countries are aware or unaware. Communities, especially those of low-income and minorities, do need more protection from toxic water and chemicals than other communities because of how much more they are exposed to it.
Hi Rudi,
ReplyDeleteYou make strong points about the seriousness of cross contamination and the cycle (and transfer) of pesticides. I wonder how strict pesticide rules are at borders, are there any countries that have background checks done before potential pesticide-ridden food enters a country? i wonder who would be responsible for this. Lots of q's! Thank you rudi!