11-27-2018, 09:02 AM
We've all seen the recalls of romaine lettuce and the general increase in E. coli outbreaks in general. The issue at hand is dirty water. This has been a known problem, so much so that there was an attempt to fix it.
So a fix was in place, slated to take effect in 2018 so that producers could have time to set things up. But the industry didn't like it.
So in order to keep regulations down and be more "pro-business," people have died as a result.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-science-is-clear-dirty-farm-water-is-making-us-sick/?fbclid=IwAR2HGf60lOA0XjEloGnYmTP3p_0Y1L-YSrhJvDj8euEErsGPkkGSMGqSMEI
Quote:After several high-profile disease outbreaks linked to food, Congress in 2011 ordered a fix, and produce growers this year would have begun testing their water under rules crafted by the Obama administration’s Food and Drug Administration.
So a fix was in place, slated to take effect in 2018 so that producers could have time to set things up. But the industry didn't like it.
Quote:But six months before people were sickened by the contaminated romaine, President Donald Trump’s FDA – responding to pressure from the farm industry and Trump’s order to eliminate regulations – shelved the water-testing rules for at least four years.
So in order to keep regulations down and be more "pro-business," people have died as a result.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-science-is-clear-dirty-farm-water-is-making-us-sick/?fbclid=IwAR2HGf60lOA0XjEloGnYmTP3p_0Y1L-YSrhJvDj8euEErsGPkkGSMGqSMEI
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
