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EU-approved pesticide found to have potential effects on brain development (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago by Chill_Dan@lemmy.world to c/world@quokk.au

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[–] Barley_Man@sopuli.xyz 6 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Hey. I'm actually involved with two of the products that contain this compound. These have been under fire last year because the same compound degrades into a kind of pfas and have already been banned in a few EU countries. A process to ban it EU wide was already started even before this brain development news. It's very likely that by 2028 this will be banned EU wide but it's probable it may be even sooner than that. If any of you want to know it's a compound that's used effectively to counteract late blight in potatoes, a disease that can totally devastate the entire crop in a weeks time. Without anything to combat late blight potatoes cultivation in the EU would stall to a halt with severe shortages as organic potatoes are impossible to grow in some locations. However right now we have a couple alternatives left, so so far so good. I'm in favor of banning fluazinam.

[–] monkeyman76@fedinsfw.app 2 points 4 weeks ago

Genuine question, do you think more efforts should be made to produce naturally blight resistant varieties rather than spending more money and time on chemicals that could eventually end up harming people?

[–] lightsblinken@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

thanks for your insights! super interesting :)