Traders want six more months to offload residual banned farm chemicals

 

 

Thailand’s Department of Agriculture is to ask for an additional six months, until 1st June 2020, to divest themselves of 38,000 tons of residual paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos, before the legal ban takes effect.

 

Speaking on Friday, Mr. Anant Suwanrat, permanent secretary for agriculture and chairman of an ad hoc committee to assist farmers affected by the ban, said that traders have complained to the Agriculture Department about the very short notice given to export or incinerate their unsold stocks of the chemicals. They were given 15 days to report inventory, followed by 15 days to get rid of it.

 

Traders say that re-export is not possible, because the chemicals have been diluted and are no longer in the wholesale concentrated form, and local incineration will produce toxic hazardous fumes.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/traders-want-six-more-months-to-offload-residual-banned-farm-chemicals/

 

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2 hours ago, rooster59 said:

and local incineration will produce toxic hazardous fumes.

That's very reassuring!  Perhaps we are supposed to let them use it on the crops instead?

Not the most logical argument I've ever seen.

well, after being used for 45 years, it's normal that that a ban should come as a ban of selling it first, and then about 1 year later a ban of using it.

Those people instigating the ban haven't really thought it through have they!

Crazy TIT

3 hours ago, rooster59 said:

local incineration will produce toxic hazardous fumes.

Never bothered anyone in the past 40 plus years, why start now. I am surprised they haven't just poured it all down the drains............but I guess there is time yet.......

Did not anyone read..... "re export is impossible due to the chemicals being already diluted"

Does that mean Thai's have been buying tampered goods?

Just how diluted are they? SCAMMING their own!!! ????

"38,000 tons of residual paraquat" .... gee, what harm could that do?

Is not an extension to dispose of stocks first not sort of defeating the purpose ???

We are in Thailand, I suppose. Next suggestion will be just sell it to Burma

2 hours ago, Grumpy John said:

Those people instigating the ban haven't really thought it through have they!

The ban has been on the cards for a long time and was fore-warned..... the stock pile is the companies own greed.

This is yet another attempt at stalling the inevitable for another 6 months.

Where health and lives of farmers using banned chemicals and consumers of tainted agricultural products are concerned no more delay should be given so that traders could offload their stocked up poisons. What is to be incinerated should be done without any more thought of profit nor time given. After all, traders suffer an opportunity loss vis-a-vis real life threatening loss to all of us.

54 minutes ago, natway09 said:

Next suggestion will be just sell it to Burma

Or US, it's legal over there.

Its burnt anyway, be it sprayed on the crops or directly. 

56 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

The ban has been on the cards for a long time and was fore-warned..... the stock pile is the companies own greed.

This is yet another attempt at stalling the inevitable for another 6 months.

I agree the best thing that could happen would be to just cancel the ban and continue to use the chemicals......If the chemicals worked in the past they will continue to work.....

The extra six months would be helpful for government,importers and farmers.

It basically equates to just over 100 litres per farmer to use to prepare their land for crops next season,softening the blow.

 

I don't even know why the ask.

 

It will be sold until it's depleted.

 

No one will go to jail.

 

Practically fake news. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

If they can sell for six more months then for how many years farmers will keep spraying it ?

24 minutes ago, Destiny1990 said:

If they can sell for six more months then for how many years farmers will keep spraying it ?

Probably a black market will start between the neighbouring countries. 

9 hours ago, animalmagic said:

That's very reassuring!  Perhaps we are supposed to let them use it on the crops instead?

Not the most logical argument I've ever seen.

True, especially since there have been serious discussions about banning these chemicals for at least 3 or 4 years. 

7 hours ago, Emdog said:

"38,000 tons of residual paraquat" .... gee, what harm could that do?

And the importers / traders have known for several years that an ultimate ban was about to happen, so whey is there a stockpile of 38,000 tons?

17 hours ago, fforest1 said:

I agree the best thing that could happen would be to just cancel the ban and continue to use the chemicals......If the chemicals worked in the past they will continue to work.....

Yeah they worked a treat... poisoning people, great idea!