Greg

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Are you sure?

I don't believe in conspiracy theories. Unless there is some evidence of corruption within Health Canada I believe that the scientists are working independently.

You must be aware of the way lobbying works.

Lobbying is very well regulate in Canada, as it should be. In Canada, we have the lobbying act which has broader definitions of lobbyists than the US. Every interactions including details between a lobbyist and a politician is reported to the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada. You can request access to this data.

Again, I don't believe in conspiracy theories. Canada has well established and trustworthy institutions. We are lucky enough to live in a country where most people can't name a single Supreme Court justice. This isn't the US, we have our own problems to solve, stop importing problems from down south.

100% and commercial social media algorithms amplify the clickbait and bury and nuanced perspectives

I'm not pro pesticides. I'm pro environment and this is a complex situation where we should use systems thinking. Pesticides increase crop yields which means less land needs to be used for agriculture. Less land used for agriculture means less deforestation which mitigates climate change. There is obviously a balance here, too many pesticides will have negative affects on the local environment and humans but too few pesticides will also have negative affects on the environment (and by proxy humans). Determining an accurate safe maximum residue limit helps farmers safely maximize crop yields. The dose makes the poison is the basic principle of toxicology. These limits aren't being determined by politicians or companies, they're being determined by Health Canada. It is difficult to be a corrupt scientist in Health Canada so I don't believe the scientists involved in this system will have perverse incentives. I'm not pro pesticides, I'm pro environment.

cc: /u/cyborganism@lemmy.ca

Don't assume, test the hypothesis. Why are you so against using the scientific method?

I'm honestly pretty shocked at how anti science this thread is. Wanting proof that something is safe or unsafe shouldn't be a controversial position.

I don’t have time to do requests through the freedom of information act and potentially have to fight some bureaucrat because I’m not a journalist

Why do you hold such strong opinions about something about which you are not well-informed?

edit: also, we need more citizen journalist to help fill the void as unfortunately local newspapers are disappearing

If it's dangerous then obviously stop doing it. But use science to test your hypothesis

This is Canada, file a freedom of information request, read the peer reviewed articles. Using a science-based process to update the maximum residue limit is exactly what they should be doing. Anti-science conspiracy theories wrapped in cynicism is not helpful.

...instead of this poison laden crap.

The dose makes the poison. They're taking a science-based process to update the maximum residue limit.

...don’t give a damn about us, the planet, or biodiversity.

Significantly more land would have to be allocated to agriculture to produce the same amount of food without pesticides. That's not good for the planet or biodiversity.

They're using a science-based process to update the maximum residue limit. That's a good thing

Who hurt you?

I can smell that cute breathe though the screen