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Old Jul 21, 2022 | 7:34 am
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Originally Posted by GUWonder

Negligence and absence of ag/biology controls has caused problems in many places before. While I don’t like it when law enforcement does things primarily to make a public example of a law violator in order to send a public message that garners more attention, there are environmental consequences that would otherwise be more widely ignored if not for such headline grabbing amounts for a half-eaten sub sandwich.
Yeah - didn't mean to brush aside the violation, and agree there is some value to creating public attention. Maybe ag control should focus on TikTokers to get their message out!
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