It's on like donkey kong.
A few days ago, the DowChemical company filed an official lawsuit against Quebec. Technically, since it is an international trade issue, the defendant is the federal government, but we all know the action is really aimed at Quebec, which has officially banned several pesticides used for cosmetic purposes.
I blogged about this issue earlier and DowChemical was uncertain whether they'd go through with the lawsuit. But now they've made up their minds and they're going to take on them ol' Canadians.
Dow is citing "insufficient scientific evidence" as its reason for opposing the Quebec ban. Hopefully Quebec and the feds have a better argument.
I hope Dow loses this because their winning would open up an environmentally-destructive can of worms.
Fight on Canada and good luck, eh.
No shit, hey? I hope Dow loses this thing, too. It's absurd that they're being taken seriously at all. Our governments shouldn't have to take on the burden of offering up unquestionable scientific proof of a chemical's harm to humans to ban it. There are plenty of good reasons for the Quebec (and Ontario) government to do what they're doing.
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