pesticides
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Investigations
The Weedkiller RFK Jr. Blamed for Chronic Disease Is Now a National-Security Asset
RFK Jr. once called glyphosate a likely culprit in America's chronic disease epidemic. As health secretary he defended a Defense Production Act order boosting it, and his own base is in revolt.
Brain & AgingA Federal Court Put This Pesticide Back on Your Food. UCLA Just Showed It More Than Doubles Parkinson's Risk.
Chlorpyrifos was pulled from American homes in 2001 and ordered off food crops in 2021. A manufacturer sued, won, and it's back on apples and strawberries while the science against it gets stronger.
InvestigationsThe Crunchy Mom and the MAHA Mom Were Fighting the Same War. The Pesticide Lobby Won Anyway.
For one strange year, the EWG hiking-boots crowd and the MAHA red-hat moms were fighting the same pesticide war. Then Trump invoked the Defense Production Act on behalf of Bayer, the final MAHA report quietly stopped mentioning glyphosate, and a coalition that was actually winning got stomped by a C