Exclusive: Unlike the EU, Great Britain has slashed protections for scores of food types

Exclusive: Unlike the EU, Great Britain has slashed protections for scores of food types

The amount of pesticide residue allowed on scores of food types in England, Wales and Scotland has soared since Brexit, analysis reveals, with some now thousands of times higher.

Changes to regulations in Great Britain mean more than 100 items are now allowed to carry more pesticides when sold to the public, ranging from potatoes to onions, grapes to avocados, and coffee to rice.

  • Kyrgizion@lemmy.worldEnglish
    48·
    2 months ago

    This is actually good news; this will surely lower life expectancy rates overall, so Britons don’t have to suffer as long as before Brexit.