Thats what they wanted, wasn't it? To get out of all these overbearing EU regulations.
This is actually good news; this will surely lower life expectancy rates overall, so Britons don't have to suffer as long as before Brexit.
That sucks, and someone should do something about it. But to be clear, these findings are simply that the MRLs ("Maximum Residue Levels") allowed by current regulations are higher.
There is no actual data reported from testing levels.
So when are these companies going to release that data? \s lol.
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.
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.
As long as someone's making profit I guess that's all that matters
Can someone remind me what Project Fear was all about?
Flat dismissal of legitimate concerns?
Ah yes, that was it.
And here we are.
Wasn't Brexit all about less regulations?
It's because they need vegetables and fruits to keep for longer in the field now that they don't have any workers to pick them.
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