No more DIY antifouling in EU countries?

[Lizzy Belle]

Oh look, a unicorn!

[Rustic Charm]

Originally Posted by Lizzy Belle

Oh look, a unicorn!

What where

[Lizzy Belle]

A government concerned about their citizens health ... acting proactively to remedy that ...
There MUST be rainbows and unicorns too!



(Sorry, drunk on sunshine. I'll be back to normal soon )

[Rustic Charm]

Originally Posted by Lizzy Belle

A government concerned about their citizens health ... acting proactively to remedy that ...
There MUST be rainbows and unicorns too!



(Sorry, drunk on sunshine. I'll be back to normal soon )

Oh, im dry at the moment. Its almost 3am, a drink of someth would helped me get to sleep. Good night. Im off to dream of unicorns

[Lizzy Belle]

g'night, RC, sleep well !

[boatman61]

A lot of this is driven by the Talking Heads who are looking for new ways to make stories and motivated by 'Contacts' (people don't seem to have friends anymore) and wish to promote their own agenda (money) so we get a never ending stream of Diet, Health, Safety, Confidence builders etc appearing on the news to tell us what we know.. and convince us that we don't know because we are to stupid to know..
Somewhere along the way it gets lost that people make their own choices in life.. sadly there's always some egotistical prat who knows better than us.
Statistics can work anyway one chose's to twist them.. and surveys are manipulated in the phrasing of the question..

[K_V_B]

Originally Posted by Jason Flare

I'm not a fan of processed food and the government is involved.

80% of Processed Foods in US Are Banned In Other Nations | Natural Society

99% of all statistics are made up.

[Jason Flare]

Originally Posted by Lizzy Belle

Just between you and me: I don't think that's the real reason
Just the way they decided to sell it. It's all in the marketing.

Originally Posted by Lizzy Belle

A government concerned about their citizens health ... acting proactively to remedy that ...
There MUST be rainbows and unicorns too!



(Sorry, drunk on sunshine. I'll be back to normal soon )

As you say above, and I agree with, the government is using the health of its citizens as an excuse for this law. (Per the OP.)

My position is that government uses all the arrows in its quiver to expand itself. Some of those arrows are labeled, "health," "welfare,""environment."

Is government disingenuous? Absolutely.

Enjoy the sunshine.

[Jason Flare]

Originally Posted by K_V_B

99% of all statistics are made up.

I agree. And it's going up.

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by Jason Flare

There doesn't have to be a link proving that people who apply anti fouling are getting cancer. It has been determined a carcinogen by the government. The government uses the possibility of people getting cancer to expand said government, all the while praising themselves for nipping an inevitable tragedy in the bud.

Government likes to expand itself. There is little historical evidence to the contrary.

Unless it relates to the Motor, Oil and Nuclear Industry's.. then its everything else's fault

[Cheechako]

Boy... they love to protect you from yourself over there don't they? As if some former burger flipper yard boy can do it better than you. The guys with lots of experience wouldnt be caught anywhere near bottom work.

[terrysandling]

sadly these people in Europe put themselves in a position of authority, and could not organise an affair in a brewery ,never mind trying to tell the rest of us how to run our lives,whilst collecting their big salaries, most if in business would be bankrupt, the quicker uk departs Europe and gets out of these unreasonable cockups the better.

[Nicholson58]

I think the "safety" theme is a red herring. When something makes no logical sense, follow the money. Someone (the boat yard owners & workers collective for instance) thinks they will make more money by forcing us to pay for professional services and paint mark-ups. I assume the paints will be controlled substances you cannot buy or import.

[unclemack]

Getting re-elected to that beautiful gravy train drives every single thing all governments and all individual politicians do.

If a politician motivated by more than greed exists anywhere on this planet he, she or it is there for the respect, position and power - just like the priests.

Blowhard, posturing, pink-skinned blimps strutting and boasting like boxers come election time - give me a break.

Democracy gives us the politicians we deserve though, so we're to blame.
Democracy always was, is and always will be a crock until education is universal and decent enough that voters can see them for what they are.

Technologically we're racing ahead but societally & culturally I think we're dumbing down alarmingly. This is exactly where politicians need us to be though - compliant, gadgeted up and unable to tell **** from Shinola.

No offence if you're not seeking public office

Call this a rant? This is nothing...

[sestina]

IIRC you can't do your own antifoul in New York State either!

I hope this is one of those daft EU regulations that gets ignored by most sane people. Here in the UK we suffer from a 'gold plating effect'.

Any directive is added to and burnished so the politician or bureaucrat can increase their fiefdom. An aspect that has not featured in the current memebership debate.