"Late on Wednesday, the president signed the mouthful of an order "Promoting the National Defense By Ensuring an Adequate Supply of Elemental Phosphorus and Glyphosate-based Herbicides." The first chemical Trump is boosting via the Defense Production Act is used to create fertilizer. But glyphosate is the active ingredient in the herbicide Roundup. In 2019, a meta-analysis by the University of Washington found that increased exposure to glyphosate boosts the risk of Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer that affects the lymphatic system, by up to 41 percent."
""If my life were a Superman comic, Monsanto would be my Lex Luther," he wrote on Facebook in 2020. "I've seen this company as the enemy of every admirable American value." In 2018, he even represented a client who sued Monsanto to win a $289 million payment, convincing a jury that the company knew its prod"
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again movement mixed public-health positions with provocative promotion tactics. Many Americans agree that pharmaceutical companies exert excessive influence and that exercise and whole foods benefit health. A new executive order used the Defense Production Act to prioritize elemental phosphorus and glyphosate-based herbicides. Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Roundup, and a 2019 University of Washington meta-analysis found increased exposure may raise Hodgkin's lymphoma risk by up to 41 percent. Bayer, owner of Monsanto, agreed to a $7.25 billion settlement the day before the order and has paid about $14 billion in total.
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