return2ozma@lemmy.world to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agoFDA moves to cut nicotine from cigarettes, in plan first floated under Trumpwww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down111
arrow-up171arrow-down1external-linkFDA moves to cut nicotine from cigarettes, in plan first floated under Trumpwww.cbsnews.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareHelixDab2@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoThat’s because nicotine–from whence neonicotinoids are derived–is an excellent insecticide. (Unfortunately neonicotinoids also kill beneficial insects, like pollinators, which is why their industrial usage is such a problem.)
minus-squareHikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 hours agoYeah, wanted someone else to mention that, due to the last time a crazy person came out the woodwork.
That’s because nicotine–from whence neonicotinoids are derived–is an excellent insecticide. (Unfortunately neonicotinoids also kill beneficial insects, like pollinators, which is why their industrial usage is such a problem.)
Yeah, wanted someone else to mention that, due to the last time a crazy person came out the woodwork.