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PESTICIDE IMMUNITY

Republican farm bill criticized as agribusiness giveaway: ‘Pesticide industry wishlist’ THE GUARDIAN

“Industry lobbyists are waging a campaign in Congress that is sowing confusion about what the farm bill provision would do, said Alexandra Muñoz…

That is causing significant confusion about the provision, Muñoz said. Some appear to believe the bill does not provide a legal shield to industry, but merely requires uniformity in pesticide labeling nationwide.

‘This provision makes whatever label the EPA last approved – even if that label was based on fraudulent data – a liability shield for a poison,’ Muñoz said. ‘What’s really happening is companies are liable because they’re failing to warn people that their product causes cancer.’ ”

Funding Bill excludes controversial pesticide provision hated by MAHA The Hlll

“Alexandra Muñoz, a toxicologist and activist who is working with the MAHA movement said she’s “happy to see” that the provision was not included in the funding bill.

However, she said, ‘we still have fronts that we’re fighting on because it’s still potentially going to be added in the Farm Bill.’ She also noted that similar fights are ongoing at the Supreme Court and state level.’”

EPA CHEMICAL POLICIES

MAHA Moms are Angry at the E.P.A. Lee Zeldin is Trying to Win Them Back New York Times

Alexandra Muñoz, another activist and a molecular toxicologist who was also at the meeting, is opposed to any loosening of regulations on toxic chemicals. She said she provided Mr. Zeldin with her written arguments against changes proposed by the E.P.A.

The agency is “opening the gate for harmful exposures that can impact children’s development and health,” she said.

MAHA Hamstrings EPA Chemicals Regulators EE POLITICO PRO

“It’s been disappointing to see that they’ve just started MAHA washing,” said Alexandra Muñoz, an independent toxicologist and MAHA activist. “Everything that they’re announcing is just clearly not a MAHA win.”

“I think they thought we were going to be a lot easier to trick than we have been,” Muñoz said. “That we would just believe whatever they said if they wrapped it in the right language.”

‘Fundamental Conflict’: Ethics holds on Trump EPA chemicals officials lift EE POLITICO PRO

“We need to stop pretending these rules are adequate, and address the fact that people who have been lobbying to expose people to more known carcinogens should not be the ones overseeing regulations designed to safeguard public health,” said Alexandra Muñoz, an independent toxicologist and MAHA activist. “No impartiality determination can change that fundamental conflict.”

Pesticides

MAHA sets Target in glyphosate fight EE POLITICO PRO

“We are at an inflection point…. This amount of attention on glyphosate is unprecedented. …. I know for myself and others I am working with, we have no intention of slowing down - corporate capture has led to the poisoning of Americans for long enough.”

‘No way should that be in bread’: Weed killer sprayed by pound in Florida waters MIAMI HERALD

“Meanwhile, the state has sprayed more than 135,000 pounds of it in Florida’s waterways over the last decade as part of its aquatic weed-removal program. The practice has long been controversial. In 2019, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission temporarily paused the use of glyphosate amid safety concerns. Studies have found manatees are “chronically exposed” to it and that it’s weakening their immune systems.

‘It’s a completely inappropriate use of glyphosate,’ said Alexandra Muñoz, an independent toxicologist who has advocated against provisions that would grant pesticide manufacturers legal immunity in state and federal courts.”

Trump administration re-approves twice-banned pesticide ASSOCIATED FRENCH PRESS

"EPA's approval for over-the-top application of dicamba will result in poisonous drift that will damage American farmland, moving us farther away from a future where regenerative agriculture can thrive."

"This decision is not what is needed to make America healthy again," she told AFP.