IRT is one of many organizations that welcome the MAHA report as an important first step. The 68-page assessment calls for a “transformation” of US food, health and “scientific systems” as a means to address what the report calls the “sickest generation in American history in terms of chronic disease.”
But we also join the critics, emphasizing that the document falls short in many ways, in particular, the lack of attention on the documented health dangers of GMOs.
The report does, however, highlight the mechanisms of special interest control that we have been exposing since 2003. It specifically calls out corporate influence over research, regulators and lawmakers as factors contributing to the problems.
It further blames complacency in scientific and medical institutions, corrupted federal and state policies guided “more by corporate profit than the public interest,” and US food and agricultural systems that have “embraced ultra-processed ingredients and synthetic chemicals.”
Public health advocates had mixed reactions to the report, applauding many of the key points and cheering the fact that the report targets topics that past administrations have avoided. Some, though, wished the report had gone farther, and said industry pressure likely helped suppress any meaningful policy change recommendations.
IRT’s friend and colleague, Dr. Michelle Perro, CEO of GMO Science, wrote an excellent breakdown of the Commission’s Report including the deep disconnect between what they reported and their recommendations.
Click here to read more from GMO Science, including 10 real life scenarios from the front line that could bring immediate change to improve our children’s lives today, not in 5-10 years.
And our long-time friend Carey Gillam authored an article that summarized key aspects of the report along with responses by various organizations and individuals.
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