Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he’s found a new ally in the fight to ban pesticides: the president whose administration embraced them.
In an opinion article in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal, Kennedy — who dropped his presidential race in August to endorse Trump — said the former president could make new pesticide restrictions a priority in his administration, should he win the November election.
Curtailing the use of farm chemicals could be part of a broader Trump policy to battle chronic diseases, Kennedy suggested, since exposure to some chemicals contributes to human health ailments.
“Some of these chemicals are quite common to our daily lives,” Kennedy said, citing 72 pesticides the U.S. allows that were banned in Europe as of 2019. He also urged a prohibition on using food stamp benefits to buy soda or processed foods, and for a cap on prescription drug prices, among other ideas.
