The MAHA Report Cites a Paper Criticized as ‘Junk Science’ on Pesticides

The “Make America Healthy Again” Commission’s coverage of agriculture and dietary guidelines contains citations that misrepresent research, among other issues.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears during a budget hearing
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One of the papers cited in the “Make America Healthy Again” Commission’s report was rejected by a judge as “junk science,” NOTUS found.

In a review of the MAHA report’s coverage of crop protection and dietary guidelines, NOTUS found citations that misinterpreted findings and misattributed information, including crediting an outside paper to the United States Department of Agriculture and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s own department.

Although the MAHA report was updated after NOTUS first reported inconsistencies on Thursday, these issues remain. HHS did not respond to a request for comment on this story.