Popular Post webfact 82,156 Posted October 16, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 16, 2019 Cassava farmers protest Paraquat ban By THE NATION The president of the cassava farmers group, Vashira Tanadaka and 60 farmers from Nakhon Ratchasima presented wreaths to Mananya Thaiset, the deputy minister who plans to ban Paraquat, Glyphosate and Chlorpyrifos at the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives yesterday, telling her that the banning of Paraquat is illogical although they agree with the bans on the other two chemicals. Vashira asked the deputy minister to stop claiming that the chemical is dangerous to people and citing incorrect information from Non-Government Organisations (NGOs). He also stressed that the farmers need Paraquat because it doesn’t leak into the top soil and is safe for the roots of the cassava. The group noted that the ban and the dissemination of “incorrect” information would affect the prices of agricultural products and the standard of industrial manufacturing. Cassava processing meets the requirements of quality assurance systems including the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP). Meanwhile, the Office of Commodity Standards conducts regular checks of products and has not found traces of the chemical in cassava, indicating the processed product is uncontaminated and safe for human consumption. In addition, the ban on Paraquat would affect farming costs, along with the flour and chip industry and exports, Vashira said. Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30377439 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2019-10-16 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post keith101 12,817 Posted October 16, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 16, 2019 (edited) All three are highly toxic carcinogenic so get over it all of them need to be banned . These elder people don't understand what these chemicals can do the future generations . Edited October 16, 2019 by keith101 11 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Tayaout 4,118 Posted October 16, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 16, 2019 (edited) 10 minutes ago, keith101 said: All three are highly toxic carcinogenic so get over it all of them need to be banned . These elder people don't understand what these chemicals can do the future generations . "although they agree with the bans on the other two chemicals." They agree to ban what they don't use anyway! Edited October 16, 2019 by Tayaout 5 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Chazar 8,650 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 (edited) 19 minutes ago, keith101 said: All three are highly toxic carcinogenic who says paraquat is carcinogenic? https://www.researchgate.net/publication/26712935_Cancer_Incidence_Among_Paraquat_Exposed_Applicators_in_the_Agricultural_Health_Study_A_Prospective_Cohort_Study Edited October 16, 2019 by Chazar 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post fforest1 5,612 Posted October 16, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 16, 2019 (edited) 21 minutes ago, keith101 said: All three are highly toxic carcinogenic so get over it all of them need to be banned . These elder people don't understand what these chemicals can do the future generations . I guess you did not read the article...... . He also stressed that the farmers need Paraquat because it doesn’t leak into the top soil and is safe for the roots of the cassava. .. Maybe Paraquat is the best chemical to use on Cassava? Supply a good replacement and the farmers will be happy... Edited October 16, 2019 by fforest1 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Vacuum 14,704 Posted October 16, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 16, 2019 40 minutes ago, webfact said: the ban on Paraquat would affect farming costs, along with the flour and chip industry and exports, Vashira said. It's been banned in the EU since 2007. 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post farmerjo 3,426 Posted October 16, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 16, 2019 29 minutes ago, keith101 said: All three are highly toxic carcinogenic so get over it all of them need to be banned . These elder people don't understand what these chemicals can do the future generations . Farming is complex and hard for a lot to understand. Please do not generalize. 3 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post farmerjo 3,426 Posted October 16, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 16, 2019 28 minutes ago, Vacuum said: It's been banned in the EU since 2007. And how much cassava does the EU grow? 1 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
PatOngo 47,466 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Forgive them for they know not what they do! Luke 23:34 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Emdog 6,466 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Let's say it doesn't get into roots, fine. Would there be problems with where this poison does go? Food chain, runoff, things like that? Anyone have info on what happens when it gets into environment in general? 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Chazar 8,650 Posted October 16, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 16, 2019 2 minutes ago, Emdog said: Let's say it doesn't get into roots, fine. Would there be problems with where this poison does go? Food chain, runoff, things like that? Anyone have info on what happens when it gets into environment in general? plenty of reports available to read main thing is easy to commit suicide, didnt see any link to cancer and some slight hint of parkinsons risk, debatable. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraquat#Parkinson's_disease 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Tayaout 4,118 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Chazar said: plenty of reports available to read main thing is easy to commit suicide, didnt see any link to cancer and some slight hint of parkinsons risk, debatable. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraquat#Parkinson's_disease It attacks lung, kidney, potentially the skin and can be absorbed via the skin. Mostly dangerous to poorly protected farmer from what I understand. I never saw a Thai wearing protection. It is still debated whether it causes cancer or not (2 contradicting study). Edited October 16, 2019 by Tayaout 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Matzzon 13,666 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 (edited) Protest ok! Change, yeah, as long as they can produce facts that the substance is not dangerous. This is just the ordinary general protest that has it´s fondation in: I´ve always used this, and I don´t have a clue how to do things if you forbid me. Edited October 16, 2019 by Matzzon Link to post Share on other sites
farmerjo 3,426 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 7 minutes ago, Matzzon said: Protest ok! Change, yeah, as long as they can produce facts that the substance is not dangerous. This is just the ordinary general protest that has it´s fondation in: I´ve always used this, and I don´t have a clue how to do things if you forbid me. I don't think change is the problem itself. It's deciding on who pays for the change. Farmer,government or consumer. Who do you think should pay for it? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Matzzon 13,666 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 1 minute ago, farmerjo said: I don't think change is the problem itself. It's deciding on who pays for the change. Farmer,government or consumer. Who do you think should pay for it? Before I can answer that, you will have to tell me what any cost would be related to. Link to post Share on other sites
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