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RFK Jr. tells farmers, GOP not to worry about his report targeting pesticides

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. seeks to reassure farmers about his upcoming report on pesticides.

Kennedy has long criticized pesticides like that pesticides are widely used for growing crops in the U.S. The White House tasked Kennedy with leading a " Make America Healthy Again Commission " The report is due to be released Thursday .

Results from a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study published in 2022 found that diet was likely a factor in how much glyphosate people were being exposed to, based on urine samples taken in adults and children. Through the Food and Drug Administration , Kennedy also has authority over how glyphosate levels in food are tracked and the EPA 's limits are enforced. The last round of published sampling by the FDA in 2022 found that 54 samples of human food had detectable amounts of glyphosate out of 731 analyzed. Corn and beans were among the most frequent detections..