Re:Pesticide residues could negate the health benefits of fr...
by ceejayoz on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @12:42PM
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> So you'd rather everyone pay more for food based on your personal preferences?
The counterpoint here is "so you'd rather everyone pay more for health care decades from now to save a few bucks on groceries now?"
> Even though there's a lot of evidence that these foods are entirely safe...
The US requirement for a lot of chemicals is "generally recognized as safe", which, in practice, means "we don't know that it's not safe yet". When we find something's unsafe, industry frequently switches to something similar that's still GRAS (because no one's been using it) but likely has the same issues. Europe takes a stricter approach.
Example: BPA in plastics, which has now been replaced with BPS and BPF.
The counterpoint here is "so you'd rather everyone pay more for health care decades from now to save a few bucks on groceries now?"
> Even though there's a lot of evidence that these foods are entirely safe...
The US requirement for a lot of chemicals is "generally recognized as safe", which, in practice, means "we don't know that it's not safe yet". When we find something's unsafe, industry frequently switches to something similar that's still GRAS (because no one's been using it) but likely has the same issues. Europe takes a stricter approach.
Example: BPA in plastics, which has now been replaced with BPS and BPF.