"As Splinter's Jim Vorel wrote on Thursday, for decades now, Kennedy had been anti-glyphosate, a weed killer that's been long labeled by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as " probably carcinogenic," and a prominent subject in multiple lawsuits alleging exposure causes cancer. Ahead of his appointment as HHS secretary, Kennedy tweeted in June 2024 that it was "one of the likely culprits in America's chronic disease epidemic," and vowed to ban its use on the country's wheat crops."
""I can't envision a bigger middle finger to every MAHA mom than this," Ken Cook, the president of Environmental Working Group, an organization that focuses on toxic chemicals and pesticides, said in a statement following RFK's pivot. "If anyone still wondered whether 'Make America Healthy Again' was a genuine commitment to protecting public health or a scam, today's decision answers that question.""
"Speaking to the New York Times, the MAHA moms who once embraced Kennedy's health-is-wealth movement said they're angry-and told the outlet that his sudden endorsement of carcinogens could cost the administration big-time in the upcoming midterms-which is already looking more and more precarious for the GOP's slim 218-214 House and 53-45 Senate trifecta. And further compromising food safety is particular self-sabotage for Kennedy, whose new dietary guidelines were the most popular part of MAHA, if anything ever was."
Less than a day after endorsing glyphosate as necessary for national security, RFK Jr. abandoned a long-established anti-glyphosate stance. He had previously described glyphosate as a likely culprit in America's chronic disease epidemic and vowed to ban its use on wheat. Glyphosate has been labeled probably carcinogenic by the International Agency for Research on Cancer and has been the subject of multiple lawsuits alleging cancer links. The reversal provoked anger among MAHA supporters and public-health advocates, with critics saying the pivot undermines food safety and could damage political prospects ahead of precarious midterm elections.
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