"It is, in short, a weed killer. It's the active ingredient in Roundup, the commercial weed killer that has been targeted by thousands of lawsuits alleging that exposure to Roundup/glyphosate causes non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a deadly cancer. And guess who previously represented plaintiffs in court cases against the evils of glyphosate? That would be Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in his previous existence as a prominent environmental attorney. In 2018, RFK Jr. helped his plaintiff win a historic $289 million jury verdict against Roundup maker Monsanto."
"Little did I know that the actions of the unpredictable lunatic currently serving as the Commander in Chief would cause RFK Jr. to go back on decades of his own opinion, in order to proclaim that the substance he was previously calling carcinogenic poison is now actually totally great. If there were some kind of awards ceremony for charlatanism, RFK Jr.'s sudden about-face today on glyphosate would be statuette worthy."
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reversed his long-held condemnation of glyphosate, praising the herbicide after recent political developments. Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Roundup, a commercial weed killer targeted by thousands of lawsuits alleging exposure causes non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. RFK Jr. previously represented plaintiffs and helped secure a $289 million jury verdict against Monsanto in 2018. He had described glyphosate as carcinogenic and vowed during his 2024 presidential campaign that his FDA would ban the herbicide. The President issued an executive order invoking the Defense Production Act, prompting RFK Jr.'s reversal amid criticism about hypocrisy and public-health mismanagement during the 2025–2026 measles outbreak.
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