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Grokenstein

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2. Just waiting for the antivaxxers' response

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Fri Oct 11, 2019, 03:48 AM

Oct 2019

I've already gotten a taste of the teabagger response from the rightwank trolls at SFGate: In a recent article about mosquito-borne illness, they demanded the return of DDT.

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California Bans Pesticide Linked To Brain Damage In Children [View all] appalachiablue Oct 2019 OP

Is Trump going to try and roll this back?? Rhiannon12866 Oct 2019 #1

Madness, they'll try to roll us back to using DDT, mercury & more appalachiablue Oct 2019 #5

I know! It's insane! Rhiannon12866 Oct 2019 #6

I saw that, return to Calif. SMOG Hell! And ASBESTOS stuff last year, appalachiablue Oct 2019 #7

Yes! That's another thing - asbestos! He wants to overturn rules prohibiting that again! Rhiannon12866 Oct 2019 #8

LA is much better after decades of brown smog like Johnny Carson appalachiablue Oct 2019 #9

That's what I don't get! Rhiannon12866 Oct 2019 #10

Just waiting for the antivaxxers' response Grokenstein Oct 2019 #2

DDT?! It's all going to blazes unless we can stop the madness.. appalachiablue Oct 2019 #4

Good Hekate Oct 2019 #3

Omg Why hasn't this been stopped immediately ?? Phased out? Waiting till farmer use their already Oppaloopa Oct 2019 #11

because there can be legal challenges with a ban and that delays it for 2 years CreekDog Oct 2019 #12