PESTICIDES: Immunity for manufacturers would harm Idaho
Did anyone notice Bayer’s full-page ad on Sunday, May 26 purporting to help farmers and fight hunger? Curious why the German big-pharma company is advertising here? Bayer has large phosphate mines in southeast Idaho. How about the full-page ad on Sunday, March 3 from Idaho Grain with the young couple holding a child, pitting farmers against “trial lawyers” and asking you to support HB653?
Both are behind legislation, first HB653 and then a new version SB1432, let’s call it the “Pesticide Immunity Bill.” The Idaho House and Senate adjourned on April 3 without considering either bill, but they will be back, courtesy of the South Idaho legislators peddling them. According to the Idaho Conservation League, the bill would provide sweeping immunity to pesticide manufacturers so long as the EPA has approved their product for use.
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