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A new "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) draft report on children’s health outcomes reveals that the Trump administration won’t limit common food production practices like pesticide use.
This latest version of the document follows a previous report from the MAHA commission, which is led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., released in May that centered on pesticides and processed food and the over-prescription of medications and vaccines, for rising rates of childhood obesity, diabetes and other illnesses, Reuters reported.
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The document, obtained by the New York Times , includes changes like investigating food ingredients and chemical exposures and improving FDA regulatory guidance, while calling