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Michael Carmichael's avatar

Elizabeth Kucinich has produced a short, sharp and stirring indictment of the agrochemical industry. Who, in their right minds, could oppose her bold policies for pesticide reforms? Bravo, fior putting these warnings forward and for proposing solutions.

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Susanne Lawson's avatar

Getting rid of agricultural killing chemicals would go a long way to making America healthy again and a big NO to letting the makers of this off the hook for the harm they do to people, not to mention the wildlife, soil and waters.

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marcia schulz's avatar

Absolutely but instead their focus is on life saving vaccines. It's just nuts.

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Jon Olsen's avatar

Other that a vaccine for rabies, which ones actually have a net positive benefit? I mean the REAL research documentation.

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Pete Sadaya's avatar

Hahahahaha Trump doesn’t care what we want! He’s all just for the billionaires!

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Susan Walker-Meere's avatar

Who ever thought Trump would not be an ally of corporate agriculture was naive.

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Will Tuttle's avatar

EPA has long ago been captured by the polluting industries and serves their interests - thanks Elizabeth for speaking up on this - RFK stands for cleaning up the poisons, and the EPA should work with him - we'll have to shout more loudly about this to be heard it seems.

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Steve Woodward's avatar

The Trump administration, having declared war on the American people, at least in Chicago, L.A., and D.C., now reveals the chemical warfare aspect of this assault.

Grow your own, if you can; otherwise, buy organic if/when you can afford it.

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richard cunningham's avatar

Hardly think trying to bring stability to Chicago is declaring war on the American people. The war being waged is by left wing globalist authoritarians

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Vicki, MSN's avatar

RIGHT WING self proclaimed, self only involved, go anywhere to authoritanize and sublimate the rest of us!! Left wing cares about people. Right wing cares about power and $$$&$

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richard cunningham's avatar

Absolute nonsense! Those that vote democrat are the willing supplicants of their massively corrupt leaders that have done their best to destroy civil society. The disconnect between liberal piety and economic reality.

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Vicki, MSN's avatar

Crazy Ruchard

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marcia schulz's avatar

Hoping he is not crazy Richard from "Crazy Richard's peanut butter from OHIO! My favorite!

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richard cunningham's avatar

Unfortunately I’m surrounded by unhinged leftists in NY not Ohio.

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Paulo Kirk's avatar

Dang, all vaccinations have glyphosate in them, you know, Agent Orange by another Name, i.e. Round-up.

The entire Capitalist System is Death by 10,000 new chemicals a year, AKA, untested poisons and toxins and "stuff to keep consumerism in high gear."

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But RFK, Jr. is a total fraud, a recovering IV drug user, and he was responsible for drugs given to a cousin who, well, died on drugs.

Italian “Third Pole” Politics and RFK Jr.’s “Recovery Center” Peace Corps Program

https://wrenchinthegears.com/2023/08/23/italian-third-pole-politics-and-rfk-jr-s-recovery-center-peace-corps-program/

But, his stance on the murdering raping thieving poisoning maiming starving Jews of Occupied Palestine? SAYS IT ALL ABOUT HIS PERVERTED "character."

He is full-throttle part of the genocide, you know, Jews in Israel bombing hospitals, clinics, murdering doctors, nurses, medics, EMT's.

Have you had enough of the Semen Drip Vice President Trump and his Minyan yet?

RFK, JR., looks like an AA coffee drinker caught in the deer's headlights when he attends the Semen Drip Trump's round table masturbation sessions.

Spinless silver spoon fraudster, Kucinich! So many spineless Americanos!

https://paulokirk.substack.com/p/spines-found-in-the-spittle-of-small

Try Sasha for a little bit of reality on the Planned Pandemic:

https://sashalatypova.substack.com/cp/172890680

“Gold Standard Science”

Messaging about “science” has been ubiquitous during the past 5 years on both sides of the covid war. It came from the aggressors at the CDC, HHS, DOD (now WAR.gov) FDA, Pharma, state and local health authorities, celebrities, large employers, you name it in the form of “trust the science”, “follow the science”, “science will win”. It has been, likewise, nauseatingly repetitive from the “health freedom” side with numerous doctors and scientists insisting on scientific debates about safety of poison and efficacy of murder. Even if you believe in vaccines, and frown at me for being divisive and calling them “poison” - frown all you want, they are poison by statute, I am just a messenger! Bothe sides are still at it. Has the issue been solved “by science”? No, of course not! It is not supposed to be solved. The science debate is designed to be indefinite while murders by poison continue. The people on both sides screaming about science are participating in the cover up of the crime, whether they know it or not. This is how democide is committed in broad daylight with no threat of any accountability - by convincing useful idiots that mass poisoning with chemical substances that the US law itself treats as poison must be debated with “science”.

Since MAHA Propaganda Inc. was installed at HHS, the messaging about “gold standard science” has been unrolled very widely.

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Paulo Kirk's avatar

And of course, EuroTrashLandia, on the same poisoning route as AmeriKKKa:

Pesticides and public health: an analysis of the regulatory approach to assessing the carcinogenicity of glyphosate in the European Union

By Peter Clausing

Abstract.

The present paper scrutinises the European authorities' assessment of the carcinogenic hazard posed by glyphosate based on Regulation (EC) 1272/2008. We use the authorities' own criteria as a benchmark to analyse their weight of evidence (WoE) approach. Therefore, our analysis goes beyond the comparison of the assessments made by the European Food Safety Authority and the International Agency for Research on Cancer published by others. We show that not classifying glyphosate as a carcinogen by the European authorities, including the European Chemicals Agency, appears to be not consistent with, and in some instances, a direct violation of the applicable guidance and guideline documents. In particular, we criticise an arbitrary attenuation by the authorities of the power of statistical analyses; their disregard of existing dose–response relationships; their unjustified claim that the doses used in the mouse carcinogenicity studies were too high and their contention that the carcinogenic effects were not reproducible by focusing on quantitative and neglecting qualitative reproducibility. Further aspects incorrectly used were historical control data, multisite responses and progression of lesions to malignancy. Contrary to the authorities' evaluations, proper application of statistical methods and WoE criteria inevitably leads to the conclusion that glyphosate is 'probably carcinogenic' (corresponding to category 1B in the European Union).

https://www.academia.edu/37537868/Pesticides_and_public_health_an_analysis_of_the_regulatory_approach_to_assessing_the_carcinogenicity_of_glyphosate_in_the_European_Union?email_work_card=abstract-read-more

THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE CANCER CAUSING POISONS APPROVED BY CAPITALISM.

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And ask the fucking AI, the Google Jewish Brin AI, this question, and you get shit for an answer: how many chemicals are we exposed to daily that cause harm?

There isn't a single, fixed number for the harmful chemicals people are exposed to daily because the quantity and specific types vary greatly by individual, location, and product use. However, with thousands of chemicals used in consumer products, food, and the environment, exposure is widespread, impacting millions daily, with examples including PFAS in food packaging and water, lead from pipes, and formaldehyde in personal care products.

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Lying AI.

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Reality: According to ChemSec, a huge 62% of the total volume of chemicals used in the EU are hazardous to human health and the environment.

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John Seal's avatar

I really, truly hate to say "I told you so", but this was as predictable as Trump's handouts to wealthy donors, attacks on the working class, and apparent desire to bomb as many countries as possible. The man is and always has been an inveterate liar and never had anyone's interests at heart except his own.

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Thomas Mercer's avatar

Are you sorry you supported Trump, yet?

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Mark Ratliff's avatar

100% Elizabeth. I am in shock reading the MAHA report - I cannot believe that Trump did not take action against the poisonous chemicals that Big Ag has been pushing on the Farming community for generations. Many Farmers and their families have become sick and chronically ill from applying these chemicals on their fields. Profits before People. Bobby certainly knows better. Shameful!

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John and Fany's avatar

“If the administration wants the trust of the people who voted it to power, it must stop capitulating to corporate lobbyists and start listening to doctors, scientists, and farmers who know the truth: chemicals are killing us,” she concluded.

When did the government EVER worry about earning the trust of the people - any people. They have one agenda - get elected and then pay off the special interests of the people who put up the money. If by some chance, a few crumbs fall to the floor and the average citizen manages to pick them up - Well, that's about the best we can hope for. Great article.

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The Revolution Continues's avatar

No surprises Big Ag/Big Chemical would hijack any report to make themselves look blameless... How many lawsuits have been filed against them? How many deaths directly attributed to their poisons? I rest my case.

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peter challen's avatar

Bold challenge, Elizabeth,

What an introduction to your new initiative in earth ministry and eco-spiriuality.

Peter from the UK

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Jon Olsen's avatar

Amen! Should be on a billboard. Doing my part raising organic blueeberries.

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Catherine McCormack's avatar

As Tyrone Hays says,

Atrizine (alone) affects three generations down to offspring that never saw the chemical (directly).

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Living Well Locally's avatar

Well said, thank you Elizabeth.

We MAHA folks have to speak more loudly ... especially about the midterm elections. We want Sec Kennedy to have majority congressional support but how else do we get Pres Trump's attention?

Plus, USDA and Farm Bureau are beyond disappointing. Bigger subsidies to commodity crops when we're trying to back off processed foods and regenerative ranching does not need their grains and soy in feedlots??

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Jon Olsen's avatar

We need truly INDEPENDENT (of both major corporate parties) to run. Imagine if we had 10 in the House and even 3 in the Senate. They could hold the balance of power!

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