Report: Trump Administration Won’t Restrict Pesticide Use Despite Push from Kennedy

No Crackdown on Pesticide Use - Southern Farm Network

The Trump administration says there will not be a crackdown on pesticide use in the U.S. Politico reports that’s despite a report from the Make America Healthy Again Committee that called crop protection products dangerous to people’s health. During a recent policy roundtable in Washington, D.C., seven out of the ten speakers mentioned how important pesticides and fertilizers are in modern agricultural production systems. Agriculture industry lo…

Report: Trump Administration Won’t Restrict Pesticide Use Despite Push from Kennedy

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. According to a report from Politico, the Trump administration won’t be cracking down on pesticide use in the U.S. despite a report led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. that called crop protection products dangerous to people’s health. Ag industry lobbyists have been pushing back against the r…