Trump’s commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Martin Makary, has resigned. During Makary’s 13-month tenure, he attempted to split the difference between Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again agenda and a more traditional approach to regulation, ultimately angering both camps. “Nobody was happy with what he did,” says Dr.
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President Donald Trump has issued an executive order calling for an increase in production of phosphorus and glyphosate-based herbicides — chemicals that research has linked to an increase in multiple types of cancers among individual users. The executive order stated that “glyphosate-based herbicides … play a critical role in maintaining America’s agricultural advantage by enabling farmers…
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Amid a lobbying blitz and a flood of campaign cash, senators inserted language into this week’s emergency spending bill that eliminates rules designed to prevent food contamination and foodborne illnesses at farms and restaurants, according to legislative text reviewed by The Lever. The bill would also limit the development of rules to regulate ultra-processed foods, despite such foods being…
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