IDS 2: Preserve our Cetaceans Act (Passed)

[Donerail]

Amendment:

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[Donerail]

Friendly, though I may have future amendments.

Yeah, I didn't hit on ocean noise or things to address pollutants.

[Donerail]

Amendment:

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I move for final passage following approval of the amendment.

[Donerail]

What is the justification for the certain dollar amount fines? That's one thing I might change. Tomorrow I'll read through this and get a consensus and what I want to change.

Whatever I spitballed as enough to provide a deterrent.

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Hasn't most of the anti-DDT stuff that got it banned been disproved? I see no reason for specifically penalizing the tool which almost singlehandedly got rid of malaria in the South.

Journal of Environmental Health Perspectives (October '07) found that exposure to DDT at a young age can increase one's risk of breast cancer fivefold, and the British Journal of Urology in 2009 found some urogenital birth defects linked to DDT exposure. It also threatens our ability to export crops that may be contaminated with DDT to nations where it's banned (much of Europe).

[Donerail]

You are technically the sponsor of the bill, so if you want to, go ahead

[Donerail]

Aye