Mon, 06 Feb 2006

Row over risks of farm chemicals

In the US, we have laws regulating "chemical trespass" - I would think that the proposed 5 meter "buffer zone" in the UK would go a long way towards alleviating the problem. But it wouldn't solve it.

The issue here isn't necessarily health risks (although, in my opinion, those are very real in the case of fertilizers and pesticides), it's pollution in it's most literal sense. If I'm allowed to spray your yard with Roundup, why am I not allowed to dump my household trash there as well? Is it merely because Roundup is invisible, and trash is unsightly? That strikes me as a rather arbitrary and unscientific approach in and of itself.

Scientists criticise a report on crop spraying and its risks to human health in the UK.

(link) [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition]

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