8/10/24

Howdy Doody Dusty breaking bad?

Roundup® is a threat to human life and is known to cause birth defects and spontaneous abortions despite assurances from manufacturer Bayer but high levels of glyphosate, a known endocrine disruptor, are still found in oats, chickpeas and corn sugars. 

Recall Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling or MCOOL was repealed in part to shield American chemical companies from scrutiny because every ag product, meats both wild and domestic not grown organically in the United States is contaminated with atrazine, neonicotinoids, glyphosate, dicamba, DDT, mercury, lead, PFAS, E. coli, Imazalil plus other toxins and pathogens. 

In 2018 Earth killer Bayer Crop Science gave South Dakota Republicans some $8000 including $1500 each for Kristi Noem and now-disgraced former Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg. Digging into Bayer's plan reveals the deadly truth: it wants to sell fungicides, pesticides and access to proprietary technology to farmers. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has been analyzing pesticide data from the federal Department of Agriculture and the results are alarming.

Particularly concerning is Imazalil, a carcinogenic fungicide that can alter hormone levels especially in children and adolescents. In 2020 it was detected on 90% of citrus not grown organically in the United Snakes. DCPA (dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate), sold under the brand name Dacthal, was banned in Europe in 2009 but until recently was still widely used in the US on kale and other greens as are neonicotinoids, pyrethroids and some 20 other pesticides. Also banned by the European Union are the organophosphate insecticides acephate and chlorpyrifos that can harm developing brains but the Trump Organization refused to block chlorpyrifos from being used on US produce.

Earth haters have a disproportionate influence on the farm bill and to nobody's surprise it's the usual suspects who spend the most money. More than even the defense lobby lavishes on politicians the US Chamber of Commerce, Bayer, American Crystal Sugar, the American Farm Bureau Federation and the Koch cabal flood Republicans in congress with cash according to research compiled by the Union of Concerned Scientists. 

According to Open Secrets Republican South Dakota US Representative Dusty Johnson’s campaign committee harvested $4,000 from political action committees affiliated with Bayer during this election cycle and $1,000 in each of the 2020 and 2022 cycles. To spite preservationists like the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Center for Biological Diversity Johnson signed a letter to Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack urging US Department of Agriculture's Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service or APHIS to roll back a ban on purchasing or utilizing M-44 ejector devices that kill family members on public lands. 
The provision builds on an earlier proposal introduced by Reps. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) and Jim Costa (D-Calif.), two members of the House Agriculture Committee. Bayer helped craft that measure, then circulated it among lawmakers to rally support before later pushing the House to add it to the farm bill, the people familiar with the effort said. The House doesn’t yet have a vote scheduled on that package, which expires Sept. 30. In the meantime, Bayer also has sought to reshape federal, state and local laws, hoping to erect a blockade against future lawsuits. That measure could effectively shut down some of the lawsuits against Bayer, legal experts said. [Bayer lobbies Congress to help fight lawsuits tying Roundup to cancer
So, Mr. Johnson needs to be held accountable for coddling a would be dictator and building a war chest on the Big Lie, for his failures to support Medicaid, for voting against marriage, for not moving on immigration reform and for his culpability in driving talent from South Dakota. 

Learn more at South Dakota Seachlight.
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