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yardwork

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11. Yes, the FDA and CDC work hard to keep our food safe.

Reply to gab13by13 (Original post)

Mon Nov 18, 2024, 10:40 AM

Nov 2024

Trump's appointee RFK Jr promises to do away with those agencies, so we'll be at the mercy of corporations that are already ignoring safety rules. How much worse will it get?

And, as you say, it won't even be known. Nobody will track the deaths or identify the source.

We're headed to being a third world country.

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There Have Been A Bunch Of Contaminated Foods Lately [View all] gab13by13 Nov 2024 OP

I had a libertarian tell me once louis-t Nov 2024 #1

It's such nonsense, anyway. yardwork Nov 2024 #12

Thanks yardwork jfz9580m Nov 2024 #21

So the Libertarians want you Farmer-Rick Nov 2024 #19

Dead people usually stop buying products Ohioboy Nov 2024 #24

Decrease the surplus population Blue Full Moon Nov 2024 #31

that's like saying if an airliner crashed and they never investigated why Skittles Nov 2024 #37

People take for granted their safety net. Irish_Dem Nov 2024 #2

My daughter lives in a Pittsburgh suburb and she gets a lot of her food from a local farmer gab13by13 Nov 2024 #5

Yes it will be like the US before regulation. Irish_Dem Nov 2024 #10

Organic vegetables usually get contaminated Farmer-Rick Nov 2024 #23

They don't know history. Blue Full Moon Nov 2024 #33

Americans alive today are spoiled. They have never lived in a fascist or third world country. Irish_Dem Nov 2024 #35

Say bye bye to OSHA. oasis Nov 2024 #3

OSHA has been a prime target for decades. erronis Nov 2024 #27

God's Devine Plan,.. magicarpet Nov 2024 #4

Um, you've got your quotes mixed up. wnylib Nov 2024 #36

"Let them eat contaminated cake." sop Nov 2024 #6

Post of the day gab13by13 Nov 2024 #9

I was thinking the same thing, gab13by13. Diamond_Dog Nov 2024 #7

Definitely been concerned about this Mike 03 Nov 2024 #8

This worries me a lot. hunter Nov 2024 #20

Hmmm. Great idea - all those people that died from eating toxic food? erronis Nov 2024 #28

Our Republican party envies the Chinese Communists. hunter Nov 2024 #32

Don't know how many times that I heard that from them. Blue Full Moon Nov 2024 #34

Yes, the FDA and CDC work hard to keep our food safe. yardwork Nov 2024 #11

Libertarianism at its finest. The Free Market will work its magic. Ocelot II Nov 2024 #13

Yes, that is one scenario gab13by13 Nov 2024 #14

There are many scenarios, all having to do with the GOP's hatred Ocelot II Nov 2024 #16

Back in the late 70's markodochartaigh Nov 2024 #18

CDC does much of this work & FDA. ShitlerEloonJFK may gut those CousinIT Nov 2024 #15

There's a reason we have safe drinking water, safe food, prescription drug and vaccine efficacy, transportation safety.. surfered Nov 2024 #17

Another recall: Trader Joe's and other stores Paper Roses Nov 2024 #22

I've never had a carrot rash but i bet it's bad. jaxexpat Nov 2024 #25

😀 Harvesting carrots. I had no idea. underpants Nov 2024 #26

Most crops are harvested by "do-all" machinery these days. jaxexpat Nov 2024 #29

The myth of deregulation Farmer-Rick Nov 2024 #30