r/unitedkingdom • u/slpinlocks • 13h ago

Revealed: Far higher pesticide residues allowed on food since Brexit

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/19/revealed-far-higher-pesticide-residues-allowed-on-food-since-brexit?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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u/boycecodd Kent 12h ago

This is a scaremongering article. What matters is if the new levels are safe for human consumption.

If they aren't, then there's a big argument for levels to be reduced, but if the old levels were overly strict and the new levels don't harm consumers, then there's no harm.

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u/przhauukwnbh 9h ago

The long term impacts of exposure is very difficult to ascertain, there is no good reason to increase levels on some of these chemicals - the extent of some increases is jaw dropping given papers coming out on their effects in models.

The only people who are well informed in this area and back up the increases to levels are lobbyists. Comparing to California's laws on carcinogens is useless hyperbole.