Trump Orders Pesticide Review in Food Supply as $1 Billion Farm Plan Fails to Calm Kennedy Allies
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 26
Trump Orders Pesticide Review in Food Supply as $1 Billion Farm Plan Fails to Calm Kennedy Allies
1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 26
Summary
Thursday’s executive order tells the EPA to prioritize approval of pesticide alternatives and directs USDA and HHS to build a framework to study chemicals in food and their health risks.
The move adds to Trump’s February farm order, which pledged $1 billion for modernization and regenerative agriculture, but it offers no new funding, regulations or legislation.
Kennedy allies said the order amounted to another study without accountability, and White House officials said it was timed to coincide with a dinner Trump was hosting for farmers.
A Supreme Court ruling earlier Thursday backing the administration and Roundup’s maker in a glyphosate cancer case sharpened the backlash, leaving the order unable to mollify the Make America Healthy Again movement.