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Wed 19 Oct, 2011 10:16 pm
Does "Endosulfan is only now being phased out in the United States for treatment of cotton, potatoes, tomatoes and apples" mean "Endosulfan is just now banned in the United States to be used for treatment of cotton, potatoes, tomatoes and apples?"
Context:
Two of the pesticides found in high concentrations in the placentas of affected newborns and stillborn fetuses were endosulfan and lindane. Endosulfan is only now being phased out in the United States for treatment of cotton, potatoes, tomatoes and apples. Lindane was only recently banned in the United States for treatment of barley, corn, oats, rye, sorghum and wheat seeds.
@oristarA,
oristarA wrote: Does "Endosulfan is only now being phased out in the United States for treatment of cotton, potatoes, tomatoes and apples" mean "Endosulfan is just now banned in the United States to be used for treatment of cotton, potatoes, tomatoes and apples?"
Not necessarily; it depends on by whom it is being fased out;
e.g., if private cotton owners were choosing not to continue using it,
that 'd not necessarily include
BANNING use of it, by law.
David
@oristarA,
endosulfan is only now being phased out
phased out = discontinued
only now = at this surprisingly late time
@oristarA,
Your suggestion:
"Endosulfan is just now banned in the United States to be used for treatment of cotton, potatoes, tomatoes and apples?"
Could be better written as:
"Endosulfan is just now being banned in the United States for treatment of cotton, potatoes, tomatoes and apples"?
David is correct. "Phased out" doesn't necessarily mean "banned."
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