Disrupt the global food supply? Trump officials dubious about RFK, Jr.—MAHA plan to ban crop chemicals
Disrupt the global food supply? Trump officials dubious about RFK, Jr.—MAHA plan to ban crop chemicals
Josh Dawsey, Kristina Peterson, Liz Essley Whyte | Wall Street Journal | May 15, 2025
A bid by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to label pesticides as a potential cause of U.S. health woes has attracted pushback from some White House and agency officials who are concerned the move would disrupt the food supply chain ….
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[T]he report is expected to single out glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, the most widely used weedkiller in the world ….
“You literally have these folks, including the farm industry, saying we don’t have enough research to take this poison out of the food,” [wellness influencer] Calley Means said. … Food influencer Vani Hari, who is close to Kennedy and Calley Means, said the MAHA report would represent the Trump administration “declaring war on these industries that are poisoning us.”
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Farm and food groups are lobbying against parts of the report in meetings with White House officials, people familiar with the matter said. ,,, Trump appointees at the Agriculture Department are concerned about the report’s characterization of pesticides, a person familiar with the matter said, but was unclear what stance Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has taken.
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