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by lizardactivist 1283 days ago
So what's the solution, spray and quench the soil and ground water with more and more dangerous fungicides?
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Same as we've always done? Sample loads as they come off the field. Downgrade as needed. It is not like this is something new.
The article states that over 95% of samples were within established limits, so there's no need for any solution as there's not any problem, though the article advocates for new pesticides towards the end.

But really, this article and its referred study are thinly veiled climate change propaganda:

> Climate change is projected to cause earlier anthesis, coinciding with wetter, warmer weather, thus increasing the severity of FHB epidemics.

It's very hard to sell Europeans pesticides, so if we scare them with climate change, they might change their tune. It's also ironic, considering how we heard all summer that the tough drought in Europe was also caused by climate change, it's all very convenient that climate change causes both wetter and drier conditions in the same region.