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Bill: Pesticide Use Policy
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Libertarian Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: June 4299
Description[?]:
| The use of pesticides, fungicides and chemicals is vital to the success of agriculture. However we should all be aware of the chemicals we are letting into our bodies, especially when such chemicals can cause diseases like cancer and heart failure. Pesticides cannot be banned because they are of extreme importance, but a slightlyore rigorous regulation does no harm. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the use of pesticides.
Old value:: The government approves and regulates agricultural chemical use.
Current: Farmers are required to list chemicals used on their crops.
Proposed: Farmers are required to list chemicals used on their crops.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 05:29:58, November 06, 2017 CET | From | Democratic Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Pesticide Use Policy |
| Message | This bill is to support and reinforce our health system by regulating agriculture a little more. Crops are important bastions of economy and society and that's why we believe that being informed on the chemicals used in the development of the food we bring to our tables is necessary. Porter Jackson Chair of the Democratic Party Food and Agriculture Committee |
| Date | 19:38:06, November 06, 2017 CET | From | Social Liberal Party | To | Debating the Pesticide Use Policy |
| Message | The current regulation prevents pesticides to be used in a way that they cannot harm any consumer. Removing that essential legislation and replacing it with a simple ennumeration of the chemicals, allowing highly toxic products to be sold under labelling, is going to cause seriuous health issues, especially among the most uneducated who will not pay attention to those harmful chemicals. Current regulation is the best option. |
| Date | 19:39:01, November 06, 2017 CET | From | Social Liberal Party | To | Debating the Pesticide Use Policy |
| Message | --the current regulation prevents pesticides to be used in a way that *MAY harm any consumer. |
| Date | 20:24:24, November 06, 2017 CET | From | Democratic Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Pesticide Use Policy |
| Message | The listing of chemicals is to reinforce that regulation. That is implicit in the redaction of the bill. Porter Jackson Chair of the Democratic Party Food and Agriculture Committee |
| Date | 18:24:19, November 07, 2017 CET | From | Democratic Technocracy Directive | To | Debating the Pesticide Use Policy |
| Message | This bill states that they are required to list the types of chemicals used to grow their product, it does not limit the different kinds of chemicals that are used unlike as how the law is now which prevents the use of dangerous chemicals through government regulation thusly passing this bill will harm the consumer rather then protect them by allowing harmful chemicals into their body which, even though are to be stated on a list, are not always able to be avoided an example would be an agreement form that some sites make you sign agreeing that they can do what they want and if you don't agree to it you cannot do what is on the site; Unlike a site which you can leave food is not something you can just do something else with, people must eat and forcing them to agree to chemicals that can harm them is nothing more than forcing them into something they do not want. |
| Date | 20:51:41, November 07, 2017 CET | From | Social Liberal Party | To | Debating the Pesticide Use Policy |
| Message | *loud applause from the SLP bench* |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 293 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 132 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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