SubtleBlade ⚔️<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Pesticides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pesticides</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BrexitBonus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrexitBonus</span></a></p><p>'Revealed: Far higher <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PesticideResidues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PesticideResidues</span></a> allowed on <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> since <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brexit</span></a> </p><p>Exclusive: Unlike the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GreatBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBritain</span></a> [Except in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NI</span></a>, obviously] has slashed protections for scores of food types'</p><p>'For <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/tea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tea</span></a>, the maximum residue level (<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MRL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MRL</span></a>) was increased by 4,000 times for both the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/insecticide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insecticide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/chlorantraniliprole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chlorantraniliprole</span></a> and the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/fungicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fungicide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/boscalid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boscalid</span></a>.'<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/19/revealed-far-higher-pesticide-residues-allowed-on-food-since-brexit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">24/sep/19/revealed-far-higher-pesticide-residues-allowed-on-food-since-brexit</span></a></p>