In testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee, Health, and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. seemed to give contradictory testimony on his views on farm chemicals.

 

Asked by Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, for his wish list of research, Kennedy said he would include research on more than 10,000 chemicals “in our food, most of which have never been tested” and that he would support research on chemicals that are sickening farmers and destroying the soil to the point that agronomists believe “we have only 60 harvests left.”

 

But under questioning from Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., about the Make America Health Again Commission (MAHA) report released Thursday, Kennedy noted that the corn industry is dependent on glyphosate and “we are not going to jeopardize that business model.”

 

“We cannot take any step that will put a single farmer in this country out of business,” Kennedy said, adding that the MAHA movement’s success depends on a relationship with farmers.