(NAFB.com) – The American Soybean Association strongly rebukes the May 22 Make America Healthy Again Commission Report for being “brazenly unscientific” and damaging to Americans’ confidence in the safe, reliable food system. Should the administration act on the report that was drafted entirely behind closed doors, it will harm U.S. farmers, increase food costs for consumers, and worsen health outcomes for all Americans. Farmers represented by the ASA are disturbed that the MAHA report contains recommendations that aren’t grounded in science and seem to advance the agenda of food elites and activist groups that have long sought to undermine U.S. agriculture. Even more troubling is Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy, Jr’s reassuring Congress earlier in the week that the report doesn’t contain a single word that should worry the American farmer. The report suggests that glyphosate, atrazine, and other pesticides farmers need are potential contributors to health ailments.
