{"id":100765,"date":"2022-09-29T17:05:51","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T17:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=100765"},"modified":"2022-09-29T17:06:36","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T17:06:36","slug":"australian-food-is-grown-with-dangerous-chemicals-banned-in-other-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/australian-food-is-grown-with-dangerous-chemicals-banned-in-other-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian food is grown with dangerous chemicals banned in other countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dcr-1nupfq9\" data-gu-name=\"headline\">\n<div class=\"dcr-krkkhw\">\n<div class=\"dcr-13a2edo\">\n<h1 class=\"dcr-29zico\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Australian food is grown with dangerous chemicals banned in other countries<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-100766\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Australian-food-is-grown-e1664470407765-597x400.jpg\" alt=\"Australian food is grown\" width=\"597\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-pn0kqp\" data-gu-name=\"media\">\n<div class=\"dcr-krkkhw\">\n<div class=\"dcr-16n5mgq\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<figure id=\"e9030a96-d3b9-4e83-a7ab-ee3186e23e77\" class=\"dcr-13udsys\"><figcaption class=\"dcr-w6u133\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to a UK environmental group, Australia allows the use of 144 highly hazardous pesticide ingredients, compared with 73 in Britain.\u00a0Photograph: D-Keine\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333399;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2022\/sep\/27\/australian-food-is-grown-with-dangerous-chemicals-banned-in-other-countries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Theguardian<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Australia has a global reputation as a source of clean food. In fact, the country has some of the most lax regulation of pesticide use in the western world<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/ng-interactive\/2022\/sep\/27\/12-pesticides-banned-elsewhere-but-still-used-legal-in-australia-what-is-paraquat-atrazine-fiprinol-pesticide-chemicals-food-crops-animals\" data-link-name=\"in standfirst link\">The dirty dozen: 12 pesticides that are banned elsewhere but still used in Australia<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/live\/2022\/sep\/27\/australian-politics-corruption-watchdog-mark-dreyfus-anthony-albanese-parliament-optus-hack-data-privacy\" data-link-name=\"in standfirst link\">Follow today\u2019s news, live<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Get our\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/ng-interactive\/2018\/may\/15\/the-guardian-app?CMP=cvau_sfl\" data-link-name=\"in standfirst link\">free news app<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/guardian-australia-morning-mail\/2014\/jun\/24\/-sp-guardian-australias-morning-mail-subscribe-by-email?CMP=cvau_sfl\" data-link-name=\"in standfirst link\">morning email briefing<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\" data-link-name=\"in standfirst link\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">At the height of the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2022\/may\/14\/return-of-the-rodents-australias-farmers-on-high-alert-for-another-mouse-plague\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">mouse plague in Australia<\/a>\u00a0last year, the floors of farm sheds were alive with mice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Like a heaving grey carpet, the rodents scuttled around wheat silos, infested machinery and ran through people\u2019s homes. Farmers across the state of New South Wales used shovels to clean up the carcasses each morning as they battled to control the outbreak with available poisons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">As desperation rose, then-deputy premier of New South Wales, John Barilaro,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2021\/may\/13\/mice-napalm-to-combat-plague-could-also-kill-native-and-domestic-animals-experts-warn\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">called for an immediate solution<\/a>: authorise widespread outdoor use of the highly toxic second generation rodenticide, bromadiolone, known as \u201cnapalm for mice\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Around the world, bromadiolone is heavily restricted to mainly indoor use, usually by professionals, because of the risk of\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/jun\/04\/mouse-plague-poison-australia-nsw-birds-dead\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">mass deaths to native wildlife<\/a>\u00a0such as eagles, owls, falcons and other animals who eat mice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">It was typical of the approach to pesticides in Australia, where more than 70 chemicals no longer in use in Europe because of their toxicity to humans, animals and the environment\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2022\/jul\/11\/why-are-pesticides-banned-overseas-still-used-in-australia-and-what-does-it-mean-for-the-environment\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">are still in routine use<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In a rare show of strength, the regulator refused emergency approval. But that was not the end of the matter: a more considered review of rodenticide use is now under way with a decision expected by the end of next year.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"land-of-clean-food\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Land of clean food?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Most consumers would be surprised to learn Australia has less rigorous standards on pesticides than much of Europe or the United States \u2013 and UK environmental campaigners have now raised the alarm about harmful pesticides in Australian food.<\/span><\/p>\n<aside class=\"dcr-1x8p67f\">\n<blockquote class=\"dcr-1u4hpl4\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">It\u2019s shameful and dangerous Australia still uses many pesticides long banned in other countries<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<footer><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><cite class=\"dcr-1irn6li\">Jo Immig<\/cite><\/span><\/footer>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">There is concern that the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2022\/jul\/18\/green-groups-in-last-ditch-bid-to-block-uk-australia-trade-deal-brexit\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">proposed trade deal between Australia and the UK<\/a>\u00a0will allow food treated with dozens of chemicals banned in the UK to be imported for sale to British consumers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Grapes from Australia are allowed to contain 200 times the amount of the insecticide methomyl \u2013 a suspected endocrine disrupter \u2013 than their UK equivalent, environmental campaigners say. They also claim an Australian apple can contain 100 times the amount of fenitrothion, another suspected endocrine disrupter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Australian food is also allowed to contain residues of dimethoate, which is banned in the UK because of the potential risk posed by long-term exposure through diet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Globally, Australia is one of the heavier users of pesticides in food production. This is partly because of Australia\u2019s unique conditions and farming methods. But it\u2019s also because Australia allows both farmers and household gardeners to spray weeds and insects with chemicals that have long been banned in other countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The agricultural chemicals industry says Australian farmers use herbicides and pesticides as efficiently as possible, but according to the UK environmental group the Pesticide Action Network, Australia authorises the use of 144\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unep.org\/explore-topics\/chemicals-waste\/what-we-do\/emerging-issues\/highly-hazardous-pesticides-hhps\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">highly hazardous pesticide<\/a>\u00a0ingredients, compared with the UK\u2019s 73.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"84516b7e-58ed-47c9-925f-d472b27222bf\" class=\" dcr-10khgmf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1b267dg\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><picture class=\"dcr-4zleql\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/66fe700132013087abeda769acb0a78e50e887ae\/0_0_4288_2848\/master\/4288.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=45&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=none\" media=\"(min-width: 660px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 660px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/66fe700132013087abeda769acb0a78e50e887ae\/0_0_4288_2848\/master\/4288.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=85&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none\" media=\"(min-width: 660px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/66fe700132013087abeda769acb0a78e50e887ae\/0_0_4288_2848\/master\/4288.jpg?width=605&amp;quality=45&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=none\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 480px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/66fe700132013087abeda769acb0a78e50e887ae\/0_0_4288_2848\/master\/4288.jpg?width=605&amp;quality=85&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/66fe700132013087abeda769acb0a78e50e887ae\/0_0_4288_2848\/master\/4288.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=45&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=none\" media=\"(min-width: 320px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 320px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/66fe700132013087abeda769acb0a78e50e887ae\/0_0_4288_2848\/master\/4288.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=85&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none\" media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"dcr-4zleql\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/66fe700132013087abeda769acb0a78e50e887ae\/0_0_4288_2848\/master\/4288.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=85&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none\" alt=\"European honeybee on a flower\" width=\"445\" height=\"295.55970149253733\" \/><\/picture><\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"dcr-w6u133\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><span class=\"dcr-19x4pdv\">The use of pesticides has been blamed for the significant drop in honeybee populations in Europe.<\/span>\u00a0Photograph: Nature Picture Library\/Alamy<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Permitted maximum pesticide residue levels are much higher too, they say.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Yet the issue of pesticides regulation passes under the radar in Australia, with consumers lulled into a sense of security by the portrayal of Australia as a source of clean food.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">It\u2019s a view promoted by agricultural marketing arms, farming groups, the government and the agricultural and veterinary chemicals industry, which is represented by a powerful lobby group, Croplife.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"is-australia-more-buggy\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Is Australia \u2018more buggy\u2019?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The argument put by Croplife and groups representing farmers is that Australia is \u201cmore buggy\u201d than other countries and that our farming practices, including more limited tilling of the soil than in America, require higher levels of herbicides to control weeds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cThere\u2019s a big difference between farming 1000kms from Perth and on the urban edge of London,\u201d Croplife CEO, Matthew Cossey, said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cWe have one of the world\u2019s best regulatory systems. These are heavily regulated products, as heavily regulated as pharmaceuticals.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/guardian-australia-morning-mail\/2014\/jun\/24\/-sp-guardian-australias-morning-mail-subscribe-by-email?CMP=copyembed\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Environmental groups such as the National Toxics Network have called on the Albanese government to urgently investigate Australia\u2019s agricultural chemical regulation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cIt\u2019s shameful and dangerous Australia still uses many pesticides long banned in other countries and still has no effective mechanism to get them off the market or to incentivise farmers to move away from their use,\u201d NTN convener, Jo Immig, says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cWe are a dumping ground for pesticides long banned by other, more cautious countries, which is ultimately not to our competitive advantage and nor is it protective of public health or the environment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">She points to\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2022\/jun\/30\/uk-trade-deal-australia-food-imports-pesticide-mps\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">a raft of pesticides and herbicides that are still in routine use in Australian<\/a>\u00a0agriculture, which have been deregistered in Europe. Some, such as chlorpyrifos, which has been linked to brain development issues in children, are banned in the US as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cBanned is an inappropriate term,\u201d says Croplife\u2019s Cossey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cSome are not registered. It works both ways. There are some products registered in the UK which are not registered in Australia.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"chemicals-remain-in-use-while-under-review\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Chemicals remain in use while under review<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">But Immig says Australia\u2019s approach is out of step with the needs of consumers and the risks to health and the environment posed by use of agricultural chemicals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The European approach requires 10 yearly reviews \u2013 in the UK it is 15 \u2013 with the manufacturers bearing the onus of proving their products are safe. This ensures that chemical safety is regularly reviewed, she says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In contrast, chemicals used in Australia can remain on the market indefinitely. It is up to the regulator to decide, based on scientific evidence and international developments, whether a review is needed.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"0720c5dc-fb05-4f94-89d9-c1a0b9503f46\" class=\" dcr-10khgmf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1b267dg\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><picture class=\"dcr-4zleql\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/09e1d6480df0951b0ce9ce52d6ba64665bb14357\/0_0_4361_2705\/master\/4361.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=45&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=none\" media=\"(min-width: 660px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 660px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/09e1d6480df0951b0ce9ce52d6ba64665bb14357\/0_0_4361_2705\/master\/4361.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=85&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none\" media=\"(min-width: 660px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/09e1d6480df0951b0ce9ce52d6ba64665bb14357\/0_0_4361_2705\/master\/4361.jpg?width=605&amp;quality=45&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=none\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 480px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/09e1d6480df0951b0ce9ce52d6ba64665bb14357\/0_0_4361_2705\/master\/4361.jpg?width=605&amp;quality=85&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/09e1d6480df0951b0ce9ce52d6ba64665bb14357\/0_0_4361_2705\/master\/4361.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=45&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=none\" media=\"(min-width: 320px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 320px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/09e1d6480df0951b0ce9ce52d6ba64665bb14357\/0_0_4361_2705\/master\/4361.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=85&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none\" media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"dcr-4zleql\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/09e1d6480df0951b0ce9ce52d6ba64665bb14357\/0_0_4361_2705\/master\/4361.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=85&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none\" alt=\"Crop duster plane spraying pesticide on wheat crop\" width=\"445\" height=\"276.0204081632653\" \/><\/picture><\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"dcr-w6u133\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><span class=\"dcr-19x4pdv\">Australia\u2019s regulatory authorities can take decades to review the use of chemicals in pesticides.<\/span>\u00a0Photograph: John Carnemolla\/Getty Images\/iStockphoto<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">One particularly alarming aspect of the Australian system is that reviews can take decades, with some reviews of widely used products under way since the mid-90s. In the meantime the chemicals remain in use.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Asked why they take so long, Immig said she believed it was a deliberate strategy to ensure chemicals under a cloud overseas can continue to be sold in Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The regulator, the Australian\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/pesticides\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Pesticides<\/a>\u00a0and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA), explained the delays this way:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cAnticipated completion dates for a particular chemical review may change if credible new scientific information emerges that may require further assessment, or if other chemical reviews are prioritised.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1vtk2mf\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cThe chemical review process can involve the analysis of a significant volume of scientific evidence from diverse sources, which can result in unpredictable review timeframes. New information, including data requiring assessment, can be submitted late in the process of a review, delaying proposed finalisation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian food is grown with dangerous chemicals banned in other countries According to a UK environmental group, Australia allows the use of 144 highly hazardous pesticide ingredients, compared with 73 in Britain.\u00a0Photograph: D-Keine\/Getty Images Source:Theguardian Australia has a global reputation as a source of clean food. 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