Sen Cory Booker aligns with MAHA, RFK, Jr., his discredited Children’s Health Defense, and Environmental Working Group to hold companies liable for alleged injuries from crop chemicals found safe by US regulators

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) is receiving major support from anti-“Big Ag” activist organizations for his newest bill, the Pesticide Injury Accountability Act, which was introduced Thursday.

The bill, which he claims would “ensure that pesticide manufacturers can be held responsible for the harm caused by their toxic products,” has almost 20 organizations lobbying for its passage, including the Environmental Working Group, RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine Children’s Health Defense, Moms Across America, Farm Aid, and the Friends of Earth Action. 

Specifically, this bill would amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act of 1972 (FIFRA) to create a federal right of action for anyone who is harmed by a pesticide. 

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Booker is using the bill to take aim at the likes of Bayer and Syngenta and at the handful of states that have begun considering legislation that would protect manufacturers from liability if their products are used according to labeled instructions. 

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