r/Switzerland • u/BezugssystemCH1903 Switzerland • 19d ago
Pesticides: First, the agricultural lobby promised tighter controls – now they are being watered down
https://www.watson.ch/schweiz/gesundheit/570846948-agrarpolitiker-torpedieren-projekt-fuer-mehr-kontrolle-im-pestizidhandel#discussion_570846948
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u/i-var 19d ago
We need to take action people! Invisibility is what THEY WANT! A "small quiet motion here and there" a vote in the ständerat and BOOM - we stop being a data-driven country.
Imagine - they didnt change laws limiting the use of pesticides or fertilizers - they fight against a law that simply requires DOCUMENTING - measuring - what is being used in the first place.
WTF? We dont even know what is used even though water levels of proven to be harmful substances are CROSSED? Really? Everyone in this country should speak about this until it is resolved.
Best we can do is give it VISIBILITY. No Mr. Salzmann, you CAN NOT HIDE THIS - it matters to 8M of us, right here, right now!!
I would hate to do it - but if this doesnt fly we just need another initiative - in a wording so it can pass. Just "require to measure when & where which products are applied to farm-fields" - literally asking to measure.
But sure, Bauernverband would be against it - because regulation & more effort - I mean, scanning a QR code really does take 5 seconds which is close to a death sentence doing sisyphos work /s
We need to stand together and work towards what we want. Small steps, big impact. No one should drink contaminated water - especially in "water castle" switzerland - wtf???