Some vocal allies of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. expressed dismay and alarm on Friday at what they saw as concessions to the powerful agriculture industry contained in the draft of an upcoming White House report on children’s health.
The draft, details of which The New York Times published on Thursday, offered proposals on food and pesticides that fell short of what many in Mr. Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again movement had hoped for.
The disclosures reopened a bitter divide among supporters of President Trump over the clearest path to improving Americans’ health. In one camp are MAHA followers, who, like the health secretary, have warned that chemicals are poisoning Americans, and they are demanding swift action to clean up the food supply.
In another are influential agriculture, food and drug interests that have traditionally backed Republicans and see the specter of a crackdown on the food supply as a threat to their industries, as well as to product prices and jobs.
Somewhere in the middle are more moderate allies of Mr. Kennedy, including MAHA supporters who say they understood that their revolution could not happen overnight.
The draft report, a strategy document by a presidential commission established to improve children’s health, is not final and will most likely change before its release in the coming weeks.
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