Comments on: Pesticides

By: abbyr

abbyr — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:55:15 +0000

I never actually saw Maria Full of Grace, but it seems like a very serious issue. I dont understand why the government lets this happen to its people. I mean, is dipping flowers in the pesticides, which cost less money, worth harming someone?

By: mcrane

mcrane — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 23:23:43 +0000

I definately remember Maria Full of Grace. That movie was so sad. I remember the scenes where Maria was in the greenhouse cutting all of the flowers and they were getting sprayed with pesticides, but I did not think about how that could be harmful to her health. Pesticides that are toxic should not be used in the production of goods even if they cost less. The cost of producing flowers should never overshadow the means of production and how those means can impact the health of workers. Although organic flowers may be more expensive, they do not harm workers by exposing them to toxic chemicals.

By: macton

macton — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 23:03:24 +0000

Yea, I definitely remember watching that movie last year! This is really sad and something has to be done to stop this terrible stuff from happening. Clearly they need to stop using these pesticides/stop exposing the workers to them and I think they should use the organic flowers even if they do cost more. When it comes to human life and money, human life should also rank as top priority to money.

By: sgoetz

sgoetz — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:14:13 +0000

This kind of saddens me that the Columbian government allows this sort of thing to happen. That’s a really hard decision whether or not to keep your job or get sick. I think that maybe they should use better planning to ensure the workers’ health, such as not letting them into the greenhouse for 24 hours after it has been fumigated. Perhaps also research could be done on organic pesticides that don’t harm humans quite as much.

By: motryak

motryak — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:31:23 +0000

ugh yet another instance of underpaid workers risking their health for american consumers. go for the organic, i’m pretty sure the reason it costs so much more is not only because it doesnt use the cheaper alternative of pesticides, but also because they follow labor regulations…so its worth it, even if it is a little more expensive.