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Re:Traces of 122 different pesticides in 12 most polluted fr... by amelius on Saturday October 02, 2021 @07:07PM (#28732934)
Science: substance X is bad.

Pesticide company: Ok, we'll modify X slightly so that it is a different molecule from a regulations perspective, but with the same effect.

Re:Traces of 122 different pesticides in 12 most polluted fr... by ta988 on Sunday October 03, 2021 @12:00AM (#28734442)
Look at the dtory of Mediator in France. Same story. Take a substance that's known to cause cardiac valve defects but makes a ton of money, add an easily cleavable chemical group to it, make money until anybody notices, claim you didn't do it on purpose...