By The Defender Staff
RFK Jr Is Launching a Podcast to Expose ‘Lies’ That Have Made Americans Sick
U.S. News & World Report reported:
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is launching a new podcast that he says will begin “a new era of radical transparency in government,” according to a teaser video first obtained by The Associated Press. The show, titled “The Secretary Kennedy Podcast,” will launch next week and feature Kennedy in conversation with doctors, scientists and agency staff, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services officials told the AP ahead of the launch.
In the teaser video, in a slick HHS-branded studio with ominous music playing in the background, Kennedy bills it as a new way to expose corruption and lies that have made Americans sick. “We’re going to name the names of the forces that obstruct the paths to public health,” Kennedy says in the 90-second clip.
The new communication effort from HHS comes as the department has faced a bevy of recent setbacks, including widespread criticism of its vaccine policy changes, a federal ruling last month blocking several of those moves, and resistance from key Republican senators that has kept President Donald Trump’s surgeon general pick from taking office.
RFK Jr. Calls for Regenerative Agriculture — Companies Heed the Call by Greenwashing
In 2020, Cargill announced it will advance regenerative agriculture across 10 million acres in North America by 2030. Three years later, Nestlé said it will source 50 percent of its key ingredients from farmers adopting regenerative practices by 2030. By the same year, General Mills wants to advance regenerative agriculture on 1 million acres of farmland. “Regenerative agriculture” is everywhere, but what does that phrase actually mean?
Though it is historically known as a sustainable farming philosophy grounded in Indigenous knowledge that prioritizes soil restoration and ecosystem biodiversity, regenerative agriculture has no universal definition. Like many terms in the sustainability stratosphere — eco-friendly, all-natural, net-zero — regenerative is quickly becoming a buzzword used by corporations to exaggerate sustainability claims without actually changing their food production practices.
Although there are several independently certified regenerative labels, the lack of an overarching certification opens the door to misleading co-optation. “Regenerative has become a term that’s just a catch all. It doesn’t have an official or standardized definition. There’s no metrics or accountability for it,” said Stephanie Feldman, the science director at the Center for Biological Diversity.
Doctors Group Files Legal Petition Urging USDA to Require Colorectal Cancer Warning Labels on Processed Meat
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine reported:
To help protect Americans from colorectal cancer, which is now the leading cause of cancer death for people under 50, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine filed a legal petition today urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to require warning labels on processed meat and poultry products, such as bacon, deli meat, and hot dogs, which have been classified as “carcinogenic to humans” because of their link to colorectal cancer.
“As colorectal cancer rates continue to surge in younger people, the USDA must warn consumers that the bacon, deli meat, hot dogs, and other processed meats they are putting on their plates are putting them at risk for cancer,” says Anna Herby, DHSc, RD, CDCES, nutrition education specialist for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
The American Cancer Society estimates that, in 2026, there will be more than 150,000 new cases of colorectal cancer and 55,230 deaths from colorectal cancer.
The petition cites both the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act, which direct the USDA to inspect all meat and poultry. Meat and poultry products that pass inspection are labeled as wholesome and fit for consumers to eat. Adulterated meat and poultry products — which the USDA defines, in part, as “unhealthful” or “unwholesome” — are supposed to be condemned, yet processed meat and poultry products regularly pass inspection and are labeled as fit, despite their link to colorectal cancer.
How Do You Convince Americans to Eat Fish? Disguise It as Meat, of Course
The seafood industry is trying to tackle a slippery problem: the US has never developed a taste for fish. Americans will eat canned cheese product and put marshmallow “fluff” on their sandwiches, but they seem to balk at eating fish. The average American consumes about 19lb (under 9kg) of the stuff a year, while the global average is 45lb. Over in Iceland, they’re really getting their omega-3s in: they lead the world with around 200lb of seafood a year.
Still, the tide may be turning: Big Fish has come up with a cunning plan to crack the US market. You know how there are sneaky ways of hiding veggies in recipes for picky toddlers? That’s basically the strategy. Except instead of hiding spinach in a chocolate pancake, the plan is to make fish look like meat. Think tuna that looks like chicken nuggets and salmon sticks that look like beef jerky. It’s not quite fake meat – it’s Fishy Meat
. Yum.
Obviously, this isn’t a completely new idea: plant-based meat really went mainstream when it was put in the meat department, rather than the “vegetarian” aisle. And fish-as-meat marketing, in the guise of tuna steaks and salmon burgers, has been around for a while. However, according to recent AP reporting from the Seafood Expo circuit (one of the coolest places to see and be seen), it looks like the surreptitious seafood trend has really started to take off.
Major Food Companies Backslide on Pesticide Commitments
A new report from shareholder advocacy group As You Sow reveals that major food manufacturers have regressed on pesticide reduction practices and disclosure, with the industry average score falling to just 2.5 out of 27 points. The findings come as the federal government takes steps to shield chemical companies from liability, raising concerns about corporate transparency and accountability around pesticide use.
The backsliding by food companies on pesticide commitments comes at a critical moment, as the federal government is weakening oversight and shielding chemical manufacturers from accountability. This puts consumers, farmworkers, and ecosystems at increased risk, while also increasing supply chain and farm-level risk and decreasing accountability to shareholders.
The updated Pesticides in the Pantry scorecard assessed 17 major food companies across nine key performance indicators related to pesticide transparency, risk reduction, and farmworker protection. Several former industry leaders, including General Mills, ADM, and Conagra, eliminated pesticide-related disclosures and saw their scores plummet. Only four companies — Del Monte, Post Holdings, Lamb Weston, and Nestlé — improved their scores. Notably, zero companies have adopted farmworker protection policies or standards for high-concern pesticides like neonicotinoids.
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