Could there be deadly carbofuran poison in your lunchbox?
Category: General | Date: Jul 25 2008 | By: Seamus
… perhaps no more, if you live in the US, and if the EPA proposal goes through. I have just seen a media release from the American Bird Conservancy / Defenders of Wildlife that refers to a recent Environmental Protection Agency proposal to ban Furadan residues. Click here to read the background on the EPA website.
There are all kinds of angles to this proposal. I’m cognisant that some agricultural chemicals are useful to society if used properly, and can help to ensure that enough food is produced for people, and that people can make a living. And furthermore that there is generally a gamut of traces of poison in pretty much any produce we eat (carbofuran being only one of them).
I’m quite curious to see how this will affect the import of foodstuffs from Kenya to the US, should the policy be effected. I’m also keen to see if there will be a measurable impact of wildlife persecution in the US. And of course I wonder to myself whether this ruling will influence some policy makers in Kenya.
Technorati : carbofuran, lions, poisoning, wildlife
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2 Responses to “Could there be deadly carbofuran poison in your lunchbox?”
Cats, on 25 Jul 2008
Hey I just came over to wildlifedirect.com from a National Geographic Article and discovered your blog alongside other excellent resources ~ and I have to say I was blown away ~ what you guys are doing is simply awesome…to be there in realtime documenting the wildlife - it must be great…I’ve been blogging about cats for over an year and haven’t come across anything like Wildlife Direct…so keep up the good work and I’ll check out other blogs and visit them regularly…thank you for posting these great videos…Nemasi looks like a great mother…
Cats, on 25 Jul 2008
Thanks for your comment Seamus ~ I took the classification info from Wikipedia ~ will look it up…
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