Who Needs Glyphosate?

Most corn in the food supply is also genetically modified, including a modification so it can be sprayed with higher amounts of glyphosate. branislavpudar/Shutterstock

Commentary

President Donald Trump’s Feb. 18 executive order invoking the Defense Production Act of 1950 to ensure that U.S. glyphosate production and availability is neither necessary nor helpful. Health and Human Services Secretary and Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) founder Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s endorsement of the order has created a firestorm in that health-interested base.