• TeaWithDani@lemmy.world
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    The farmers are using all kinds of growth hormones, pharmaceuticals, pesticides and GMO that are considered unsafe for human consumption in Canada, Mexico and the EU.

    US food standards were a fucking joke before this administration that fired everyone enforcing anything.

    You cant even drink the tap water in some places.

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      The farmers are using all kinds of growth hormones, pharmaceuticals, pesticides and GMO that are considered unsafe for human consumption in Canada, Mexico and the EU.

      Sure, but they’re not in the US where they are and where their market is.

      US food standards were a fucking joke before this administration that fired everyone enforcing anything.

      No, they weren’t. They were not comparable to other similarly developed nations and had a lot of room for improvement, but they weren’t a joke. Not having any standards, which is where America is heading, would be a joke.

      For particularly weak food standards you’d want to look at Kenya or Nigeria.

      You cant even drink the tap water in some places.

      You are correct, though that’s regulated by the Environmental Protection (the irony of using this word in the name!) Agency and is unrelated to food regulation.