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Re: OT: banned insecticides
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Posted by TimFL on July 15, 2004 at 07:24:34 from (66.14.180.152):
In Reply to: OT: banned insecticides posted by Greg on July 15, 2004 at 02:44:46:
It is a big political mess. These chemicals are organophosphates. They are derivatives of phosphate. Just like in detergents, all phosphates are on their way to being gone. The funny thing is in alot of cases with these chemicals they are only banned in the USA. Other countries that we still get food and other goods from in alot of cases still use these chemicals. Crops grown in other countries, in some cases, are allowed to use chemicals that have been banned in the US for years. It makes you wonder what is the point if we still eat that food.
The tree huggers fuss about the farmers and industry contaminating the ground water. It may be true that 30 years ago with minimal regulations and little consideration of the future that some contamination may have taken place in local areas. (Where I grew up well water was safer than the public supply.) But with all the regulations we all have to deal with, relative to the past, there is not much continued contamination. Stop and realize that agriculture and industry is what made this country the great place that it is.
All these regulations just make it harder on the American farmer while it just becames easier for imports from other countries. People need to stop and think about what will happen when all agriculture and industry ceases to exist in this country.
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