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Re:EU considers banning use of up to 12,000 toxic chemicals by sreeramb93 on Thursday April 28, 2022 @06:42PM (#31199144)
sri lanka went only-organic for their agricultural produce. look what happened to their yield...

When govt bans, its the people who pay the price.

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Re:EU considers banning use of up to 12,000 toxic chemicals by sofixa on Friday April 29, 2022 @03:32AM (#31202414)
It's inapplicable. Sri Lanka did this, stupidly, overnight, thus pissing off many farmers and leaving the rest unprepared. Those sorts of policies need to be applied gradually to allow people to adapt.
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