RubberDuck@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago‘Scandalous, irrational and irresponsible’: French beekeepers’ fury at lifting of pesticides banwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square50linkfedilinkarrow-up1526arrow-down14
arrow-up1522arrow-down1external-link‘Scandalous, irrational and irresponsible’: French beekeepers’ fury at lifting of pesticides banwww.theguardian.comRubberDuck@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square50linkfedilink
minus-squareKryptonBlur@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoThe farms won’t be producing food without pollinators
minus-squarepanthera_@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down9·2 months agoThere are other pollinators besides bees. I’m sure government officials took that into consideration. Remember those pesticides aren’t banned in other European countries.
minus-squareTechno-rat@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoim not so sure they consider the long term impact, cause they rarely if ever do that on ANY other issue look at the state of the environment! that is not a product of lawmakers taking the long term impact of their policies serious
minus-squarepanthera_@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 months agoTrue but in the short-term French farmers have to compete against farmers from other EU countries, otherwise they might go out of business.
The farms won’t be producing food without pollinators
There are other pollinators besides bees. I’m sure government officials took that into consideration. Remember those pesticides aren’t banned in other European countries.
im not so sure they consider the long term impact, cause they rarely if ever do that on ANY other issue
look at the state of the environment! that is not a product of lawmakers taking the long term impact of their policies serious
True but in the short-term French farmers have to compete against farmers from other EU countries, otherwise they might go out of business.