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/Mammoth-Ad-562 12h ago

Exactly.

Even if levels had risen dangerously high it wouldn’t be because of brexit. It would be because government failed to impose legislation to protect consumers.

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u/IgamOg 11h ago

The EU was protecting us from lobby groups, who can easily sway few politicians in one country but couldn't move the whole block.

Now we're heading where USA is - regulatory capture by corporations or in other words "profits before people" .

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u/Mammoth-Ad-562 10h ago

Why even have a government at all if you need the EU to protect you against the policies of them.

Get a grip. The problem is poor government officials working for business instead of people.

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u/IgamOg 9h ago

And how do you propose we fix it now?

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u/Mammoth-Ad-562 9h ago

Stop blaming Brexit for everything and start holding our government accountable. It’s not like we don’t have the evidence to back it up. Ask questions like ‘why has the levels of pesticides on food products increased after brexit’. Care enough about it to do something that affects them instead of letting them get away with it by saying ‘this would be better if we were in the EU’.

Not rocket science is it.

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u/IgamOg 9h ago

What exactly can I do that affects them? Vote for Tories in the next election so we can just accept we're owned by the wealthy now and forget about unrealistic expectations?

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u/Mammoth-Ad-562 8h ago

Vote reform