After targeting dyes and other chemicals allowed for use in food, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is zeroing in on the active ingredient in Roundup in his bid to root out what he calls environmental toxins that contribute to chronic disease.
[G]lyphosate is expected to feature prominently in a report due out this week from President Trump’s Make America Healthy Again Commission, which was charged with identifying top contributors to America’s chronic health problems.
- But some warn that clamping down on pesticides could cause major disruption of the food supply, with repercussions for agriculture interests and consumers.
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[C]alley Means previewed the report’s findings, pointing to chemical pesticides as contributors to Americans’ poor health.
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- “Obviously it’s because of environmental toxins. We produce and ingest 25% of the world’s pesticides,” Means said at an event in D.C. launching the MAHA institute.
