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In reply to the discussion: US Criticizes Vietnam's Ban on Suspected Cancer-Causing Herbicides [View all]MBS
(9,688 posts)14. wow, this is sick.
It's bad enough when this regime bans U.S. states (see the recent "executive order" from having stricter environmental regulations than what's left of the federal environmental regulations that he's so zealously dismantled. Now he's criticizing other countries for trying to ensure a healthy ecosystem for its citizens? WTF?
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It's a wonder the survivors didn't all go mad after the hell unleashed upon them by the U.S. n/t
Judi Lynn
Apr 2019
#7
The US is in no position to lecture Vietnam on halting herbacide usage on their lands
Devil Child
Apr 2019
#3
Hey, isn't that the thing a shill said was non-toxic but ran away when offered a glass of it?
ck4829
Apr 2019
#6
That's pretty much the only reason I could think of as to why they are making it an issue
Sapient Donkey
Apr 2019
#47
Havent some states also banned it? I know Costco no longer sells it & i thought TN was too
oldsoftie
Apr 2019
#17
Way to go Vietnam. After our gift of Agent Orange, they have common sense.
sinkingfeeling
Apr 2019
#20
First Agent Orange, now Roundup: what's Monsanto up to in Vietnam? Ecologist Special Investigation
safeinOhio
Apr 2019
#22
The only "devastating impacts" are to the profits of the chemical companies making these poisons.
ET Awful
Apr 2019
#25
They'll figure out some way to ransom their World Bank loans or something until they knuckle under
pecosbob
Apr 2019
#29
Is Sunless Perdue determined to kill off amphibians faster? Chytrid not fast enough?
lostnfound
Apr 2019
#38
Can easily see why you would have backed away. Only so much sadness, dismay can one absorb.
Judi Lynn
Apr 2019
#49
How long until this administration starts telling other countries to stop building windmills?
Sapient Donkey
Apr 2019
#48