Current events in agricultural chemicals

Pesticides, herbicides, and other agricultural chemicals in food are of great concern right now, and getting rid of them is high on the agenda of Make America Health Again (MAHA).

This will not be easy.  The chemicals pervade the food supply and Big Ag producers claim that cannot grow food without them.  We have already see how they forced MAHA to retreat on Roundup (glyphosate).

Here’s what’s been happening recently on the chemicals-in-food front.

I.  EWG’s Dirty Dozen: Spinach, it says, ” has more pesticide residues by weight than any other type of produce.”

II.  The Supreme Court case, Monsanto v. Durnell.

Senator Cory Booker has asked the Supreme Court to permit lawsuits against Roundup to proceed.

Vani Hari (aka the Food Babe) approves.

A coalition of groups represented by Center for Food Safety (CFS) has also filed a brief in this case.

For the past decade, state juries across the country have found Monsanto (now Bayer) guilty of failing to warn the public of the cancer risks of its flagship pesticide, Roundup, totaling billions of dollars in damages against the chemical giant. Monsanto is now using the Supreme Court case to seek immunity from any accountability for these harms.

Comment

It’s hard to know how serious a problem these chemicals pose for human health but they cannot possibly be good for us.  I do not want them in my food and drink and support all efforts to reduce their use.  Big Ag is fighting back, of course, which is why this case matters so much.  Let’s hope the Court rules against Monsanto/Bayer.