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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone make it make sense? MAHA seems obsessed with *bad* chemicals such as synthetic dyes in food that we consume - i.e. what MORE and tighter regulation to supposedly keep us healthy.

Yet MAHA does not care one iota about deregulation at EPA which would lead to..... MORE bad chemicals (worse chemicals, frankly) in our food, drinking water, and air - whatever is used in the environment/farming leaches into our water and soil so often is present in foods (e.g. PFAs and microplastics for one, but there are others).

Why the direct contradiction in approaches to chemicals in general?[/quote]RFK is very supportive of environmental laws.

EPA regulations have been passed by zealots who are all about restricting development, and 31 major regulations are being reviewed.
CO2 is not pollution, so the endangerment finding should be overturned.[/quote]
This! Once EPA focused on CO2, they became useless. Completely untrustworthy.[/quote]

Do you know you're probably drinking PFAs in your public drinking water - and while there are thousands of them, Trump just rolled back doing anything about it and seems to have zero plans to.

So while you could cut seed oil and dye, the research behind PFAs harming your health is quite strong and your fridge filter is probably inadequate. PFAs in your water; PFAs in sludge to grow produce - so while you may choose to buy fresh US grown vegetables over say, Lucky Charms, you're still getting poisoned in the end with the consequence being cancer, thyroid disease, infertility, and more.

PFAs? That's EPA, not controlled by RFK Jr.

Microplastics in seafood? That's EPA, not RFK Jr.

Pesticides? Chemicals used in farming the fresh food you eat? That's EPA, not RFK Jr.

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Some chemicals are regulated by both FDA and EPA. PFAS was used in food packaging for its anti-grease properties and was regulated by FDA. Microsoft plastics in seafood may, under certain circumstances, be regulated by both agencies. Exposure levels to chemicals added to food are calculated to make sure the levels used are safe.[/quote]

There is plentiful research on adverse impacts of pfas on health and no, levels in the environment and our drinking water are not "safe." But we have RFK focused on fluoride because of research on levels twice or much more what is in our drinking water and conveniently leaving out the 700% increase in IV meds foe children under the age kf five when Calgary removed fluoride.

Someone who actually cares about health outcomes, cancer rates, environmental chemical impacts on fertility, risks to developing children, would be focused on PFAs more than food dyes and fluoride.

MAHAs are idiots. [/quote]

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