Trump Embraces Pesticides After Previously Promising Crackdown [View all]
Source: Newsweek
Nov 22, 2025 at 05:00 AM EST
Despite saying he would protect Americans from "harmful chemicals" like pesticides, President Donald Trump and his administration seem to be embracing their use and have sought to bring in new pesticides that have sparked significant concern among environmentalists and experts. The EPA told Newsweek: "Comments from EPA critics are just another example of partisan organizations pedaling mistruths to the American public to drum up fear and distrust.
Sadly, some organizations are only interested in advancing political attacks rather than in engaging with the facts about EPA’s work or science-based decision-making." Newsweek also reached out to the White House and the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) PAC for comment via email. The Department of Health and Human Services referred Newsweek to the EPA and the White House for comment.
Why It Matters
During Trump's campaign rallies, he spoke about the importance of reducing Americans' exposure to toxic chemicals, such as pesticides, and said his administration, with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. leading the investigation, would find a way to address the "decades-long increase in chronic health problems."
Kennedy, now HHS secretary, also vowed to ban the "worst agricultural chemicals already banned in other countries," with Trump backing him up, saying that together they would ensure everybody "will be protected from harmful chemicals, pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceutical products, and food additives that have contributed to the overwhelming health crisis in this country." A MAHA report also mentioned the widespread human exposure to pesticides and the presence of their traces in human blood and breast milk samples, as well as in homes.
The EPA's Actions Regarding Pesticides
Despite the vows and promises made in the lead-up to the 2024 election and at the start of Trump's presidency, the current administration's promised crackdown on pesticides appears to have fallen short.
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