UK could lower pesticide standards to US levels in exchange for trade deal, campaigners warn

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America, Australia and India allow far higher levels of some potentially harmful chemicals to be used in food production, and campaigners are sounding the alarm, Ben Chapman reports

A YouGov survey of 1,654 people found that 71 per cent are concerned that a US trade deal will mean larger amounts of pesticides in their foodK consumers are likely

 

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The UK coulda, woulda, shoulda. The UK COULD inflate billions of helium balloons, fasten them to the ground. Then we can all sing karaoke, as Britain floats off into the sunset.

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