Kavanaugh and Roberts Side with Liberals to Hand Environmentalists Huge Win; Alito Is Not Amused

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41. Interesting aside. I was a farmer in W. Ky during the Reagan years.

In the 80s, American grain (soybeans and corn) shipped to China had an allowable foreign matter factor. I think it was 6% but I really forget. At the US ports, shippers would calculate the actual amount in their shipment and if it was below the allowance they simply added tons of dirt to the shipment. The Chinese byers complained saying they didn't so much mind paying for the additional tonnage but that they would prefer it if the Americans would put it in containers and save them the grain cleaning operation.
At issue was that the standards had been written before the widespread use of modern harvesting machines (combines) and common grain handling techniques employed by practically every farmer/producer. The American farmer's product was cleaner than the standard because of these modern methods. But the use/misuse of that standard by shippers prevented American farmers from realizing a premium price for their produce that should have been due them because of its superior quality. The shippers wanted maximum profit. It's then, to my mind, a more complex issue than the tritely convenient rhyme, "the solution to pollution is dilution" is able to conscribe.
Some say 2 drops of cyanide per 100 gallons of water is actually good for you, right?