WATCH: Make American Healthy Again with RFK Jr. and President Trump
A highly-anticipated report from health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his “Make America Healthy Again” movement is set to be unveiled on Thursday.
The report is expected to call for increased scrutiny of toxins exposed to food, the environment and a description of the nation’s children as overmedicated and undernourished.
President Donald Trump promised a review within 100 days that would analyze the ramifications that U.S. lifestyle — from the medications prescribed for children to the food served on their school lunch trays — has on childhood diseases like obesity, depression or attention deficit disorder.
What’s in the MAHA report?
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The report will is expected to highlight glyphosate, a pesticide that controls broadleaf weeds and grasses, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The World Health Organization has labeled that product’s key ingredient, glyphosate, as a probable carcinogen for humans.
“It is literally President Trump declaring war on the ultra-processed food and pesticide companies,” Vani Hari, a food activist who will be at the White House for the report’s unveiling, told USA Today.
The other side:
Some farmers have shared their worries regarding glyphosate, saying it is an essential tool to help control weeds without excessive tilling. This also helps conserve soil and fuel.
“There’s a reason why we still use it: It works,” said Blake Hurst, a Missouri farmer who is past president of the Missouri Farm Bureau.
The report also plans to call for more studies scrutinizing childhood vaccines, child nutrition, processed foods and screen time, according to a Wall Street Journal exclusive.
What they’re saying:
“We will save lives by addressing this chronic disease epidemic head on, we’re going to save a lot more money in the long run — and even in the short run,” Kennedy said.
Lobbying efforts on food regulations and pharmaceuticals will also be called out in the report, WSJ said.
Other contentious parts of the report are creating factions within the Trump administration’s MAHA commission, even as it strained to appease opposing forces within the politically diverse coalition that Trump and Kennedy have fostered.
What’s next:
Trump is expected to speak about the report Thursday afternoon at the White House.
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