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Re:Europe shipping banned pesticide linked to child brain da... by mc32 on Friday March 08, 2024 @08:48AM (#39641011)
Exactly!

It's like saying the EU is poisoning the US because there are things we don't ban but they do. It's up to us to make that determination and stop the importation. They like raw cheese, that's great, we prefer to avoid the low chance of food poisoning. But that goes for lots of chemicals and pharmaceuticals. Each economic zone or country makes its own determination.

That's what national standards and regulations are for. If the countries don't care to even have laws to protect their citizens, then the blame is greatly on them.

But, instead of making hay with those governments, it's more attractive to say the EU is to blame. No, go protest those countries --that's where they should make hay, but it's probably not as sexy and they'd probably be run out.

Re:Europe shipping banned pesticide linked to child brain da... by aaomidi on Friday March 08, 2024 @10:36AM (#39642015)
Due to the difference in wealth, it is very easy to shift opinions in these types of situations.

Providing a known-bad chemical that is just going to, at the end of the day, impact everyone in this world is just plain wrong.

Re:Europe shipping banned pesticide linked to child brain da... by mc32 on Friday March 08, 2024 @10:52AM (#39642189)
So China should stop making fentanyl, right, or any other number of chemicals known to be bad, rather than the US control entry?
Re:Europe shipping banned pesticide linked to child brain da... by kwhitefoot on Friday March 08, 2024 @12:32PM (#39643432)
I'm pretty sure that the US tries to control entry of drugs like fentanyl. They would be more successful if China clamped down on the exports.
Re:Europe shipping banned pesticide linked to child brain da... by mc32 on Friday March 08, 2024 @12:54PM (#39643698)
Ok so we should be up in arms about them manufacturing these drugs, is that correct, given they directly result in the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans yearly?

I’ll hang around for the author to take up the cause.

Re:Europe shipping banned pesticide linked to child brain da... by aaomidi on Friday March 08, 2024 @01:47PM (#39644492)
China and US is not comparable to {EU Country} and Pakistan.
Re:Europe shipping banned pesticide linked to child brain da... by mc32 on Friday March 08, 2024 @02:28PM (#39645168)
All of the above have nukes.