Almost half of world’s farmers poisoned by pesticides every year, experts find

Study reveals that pesticide poisoning kills 11,000 people each year, with India accounting for nearly 60% of fatalities

 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/02/50-per-cent-world-farmers-poisoned-pesticides-every-year-experts

 

MAHA has arrived in Iowa — and Big Ag is reeling - POLITICO

Lahn is taking aim at fertilizers, pesticides and other farm chemicals seeping into drinking water supplies — and the agrochemical giants that make them. He believes Big Ag and Big Chemical are to blame for the state’s high cancer rates, a top issue for voters here... 

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/31/maha-iowa-big-ag-01056179 

 

The MAHA moms who helped elect Trump are out of patience - POLITICO

As Republicans fight to hold Congress, they shouldn’t count on the women who helped elect Trump in 2024, MAHA activists say.

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/07/the-maha-moms-who-helped-elect-trump-are-out-of-patience-00952367

 

Trump & RFK are BETRAYING MAHA

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Z6V4iXOqqZs 

 

Trump administration's rollback of regulations frustrates some in MAHA movement : NPR

The list of grievances with the EPA is long and includes the agency moving to roll back drinking water standards for PFAS, or forever chemicals, and weakening protections against air pollutants like mercury, arsenic, ethylene oxide and more. It's OK'd pesticides and insecticides with known health risks and on the carcinogen formaldehyde proposed there's a safe level of exposure for humans. Alexandra Munoz, who has a Ph.D. in toxicology, advocates alongside many in the MAHA coalition on issues like pesticides...

 https://www.npr.org/2026/04/21/nx-s1-5783798/trump-administrations-rollback-of-regulations-frustrates-some-in-maha-movement 

Republican farm bill criticized as agribusiness giveaway: ‘Pesticide industry wishlist’

Advocates say bill weakens safety reviews, boosts industry influence and shields pesticide makers from legal liability…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/12/republican-farm-bill-pesticide-environment

 

RFK Jr.’s days of going wild on health may be over - POLITICO

Kennedy's followers have noticed the shift. The order on glyphosate, for example, has sparked fierce backlash. "Bayer just got a license to kill from our gov't. This [is] the mass poisoning of Americans and it continues," Vani Hari, a MAHA influencer, wrote on X, referencing the German conglomerate that makes the world's most popular herbicide...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/21/rfk-midterms-maha-pesticides-vaccines-food-00792018 

 

MAHA unleashes on White House after Trump backs pesticide - POLITICO

"Trump's executive order is nothing more than an attempt to protect one of the biggest producers of a toxic pesticide from legal liabilities," said Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) in a statement. "The message from this Administration is clear: chemical company profits are more important than your health."…

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/20/maha-unleashes-on-white-house-after-trump-backs-pesticide-00790187 

 

Pesticide industry ‘immunity shield’ stripped from US appropriations bill

"This provision would have handed pesticide manufacturers exactly what they've been lobbying for: federal preemption that stops state and local governments from restricting the use of harmful, cancer-causing chemicals, adding health warnings, or holding companies accountable in court when people are harmed," Pingree said in a statement. "It would have meant that only the federal government gets a say – even though we know federal reviews can take years, and are often subject to intense industry pressure."…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/06/pesticide-industry-protection-bill-removed

 

EPA moves to approve new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides - The Washington Post

Critics warn the EPA's approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to "forever chemicals" through their food...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/11/22/forever-chemicals-pesticides/

 

California farms applied millions of pounds of PFAS to key crops, study finds

'Forever chemicals' sprayed on almonds, grapes, tomatoes and other crops as activists warn of 'obvious problem'…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/18/california-pfas-forever-chemicals

 

Maha movement helps to kill bill seeking US food-safety rollbacks

The attempt to pre-empt food-labeling laws is part of a broader effort across multiple industries to kill state laws that protect the public from dangerous chemicals. Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency recently introduced rules that would pre-empt hundreds of state-level protections that restrict Pfas, lead, formaldehyde and dozens of other toxins in consumer goods. 

A US House bill aims to kill state protections around pesticides, and another effort is attempting to undo state-level animal welfare rules...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/08/maha-food-safety-laws-us 

White House releases ‘Make Our Children Healthy Again’ report. Here’s what’s in it - The Washington Post

But some of his allies have expressed frustration at the approach to pesticides.

"It was clearly a statement crafted by the chemical corporations who have deeply influenced this administration and, of course, many previous administrations," Zen Honeycutt, a longtime Kennedy supporter and the founder and executive director of the nonprofit Moms Across America, said of the leaked draft in an interview last week...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/09/09/maha-report-released-rfk-jr/

 

Draft ‘MAHA’ report avoids some RFK Jr. policies, targets others - The Washington Post

The draft report characterizes the Environmental Protection Agency's reviews of pesticides as "robust" — a far different tone from how Kennedy has previously talked about the chemicals used widely in U.S. agriculture, saying they are contaminating the food supply. 

It doesn't directly mention the pesticides glyphosate or atrazine referenced in the first MAHA report in May. Instead it just says the EPA "will work to ensure that the public has awareness and confidence" in the agency's "robust pesticide review procedures."…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/08/15/maha-report-rfk-jr-kids-health/

What’s driving record die-offs of US honeybees?

Experts scrambling to understand losses in hives across the country are finally identifying the culprits. And the damage to farmed bees is a sign of trouble for wild bees too…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/08/record-us-bee-colony-dieoffs-climate-stress-pesticides-silent-spring-aoe

 

The US government-funded ‘private social network’ attacking pesticide critics

v-Fluence had new prospects with the US government in the 2020s. 

In 2020 the USDA contracted with a "strategic communications firm" called White House Writers Group (WHWG) for up to $4.9m. It was part of a USDA strategy to undermine Europe's Farm to Fork, an environmental policy which aimed to reduce pesticide use by 50% by 2030...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/26/government-funded-social-network-attacking-pesticide-critics

Fewer bees and other pollinating insects lead to shrinking crops

Many plants, from crops to carnations, cannot bear fruit or reproduce without bees, beetles, butterflies and other insects to pollinate them. But the population of insect pollinators is dropping in the U.S., due in part to pesticides, climate change, invasive plants and diminished habitats. Rachel Mallinger, assistant professor of entomology at the University of Florida, explains why these insects are in decline and how homeowners can create yards and gardens that are good for pollinators...

https://theconversation.com/fewer-bees-and-other-pollinating-insects-lead-to-shrinking-crops-228685

A guide to eating fewer toxic chemicals

Can you wash pesticides off your food? A guide to eating fewer toxic chemicals…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/18/how-wash-pesticide-off-fruits-vegetables

Kale, watermelon and even some organic foods pose high risk, analysis finds

A new analysis by Consumer Reports shows that pesticides have contaminated the US fruit and vegetable supply – even some organics…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/18/fruits-vegetables-pesticide-consumer-reports

It’s not just Paris. There’s a “global resurgence” of bedbugs.

…they've evolved resistance to many pesticides, our main line of defense…

https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/2023/10/15/23914204/paris-france-bed-bugs-infestation-outbreak