American People Were Sold Out, While Toxic Chemical Industry Was Given Free Reign

March 11
34 mins

Episode Description

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana react to the ongoing efforts in the US government to allow for more toxic chemicals including glyphosate, the ingredient in herbicides like Roundup, and forever chemical based pesticides, to be introduced into people’s food and water and consider whether all the talk about making America healthy was just a scam.

Trump angering MAHA with glyphosate order gives Democrats an opening (CNBC)

Trump officials set to approve ‘forever chemical’ as pesticide ingredient (The Guardian)

Trump EPA Approves Its First ‘Forever Chemical’ Pesticide (Center for Biological Diversity)

Republican House bill guts laws protecting US consumers from toxic chemicals (The Guardian)

Former Staff Show How Trump Acted to Upend EPA’s Mission and “Make America Sicker” (Mother Jones)

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