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Exclusive: Unlike the EU, Great Britain has slashed protections for scores of food types

The amount of pesticide residue allowed on scores of food types in England, Wales and Scotland has soared since Brexit, analysis reveals, with some now thousands of times higher.

Changes to regulations in Great Britain mean more than 100 items are now allowed to carry more pesticides when sold to the public, ranging from potatoes to onions, grapes to avocados, and coffee to rice.

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[-] whostosay@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

If it will save them just 10 cents, the ultra-rich will knowingly give the rest of us cancer.

Even with regulation, they just do what the fuck ever anyway then pay a small fine.

[-] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

If it was 10c per piece of fruit, of course they would. Greedy mofos and the fine would be tiny in comparison.

But just 10c theh wouldn't. The fine wouldn't be worth it.

They might be terrible people, but when you have that much money you know how to weigh cost/risk.

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