🚨TOMORROW: A House committee will vote on Section 453—a hidden provision giving pesticide companies immunity from lawsuits.
Even if glyphosate poisons you … you couldn’t sue.
They did it for vaccines in 1986.
Now they want to do it for ALL chemical pesticides.
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Section 453 is buried in the FY26 Interior–Environment Appropriations bill.
If it passes, it would block families from suing pesticide companies—even in cases of cancer, infertility, or neurological damage.
It would also freeze EPA’s ability to update pesticide labels based on new science.
This is about locking in corporate immunity and shutting down accountability for good.
🚨Last month, Jillian Michaels EXPOSED the “chemical onslaught” that is fueling our chronic disease crisis—and pesticides are at the heart of it.
“Infertility.”
“30 year-old men that have the testosterone level a 50 year-old man had 30 years ago.”
“The biggest and scariest one, early onset cancer. Diagnoses in people 18-49, up 79%.”
“Without question, it has something to do with the chemical onslaught we take on from food, water, air.”
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin revealed that he inherited a “massive backlog” with pesticide safety reviews from the Biden Administration.
“We inherited a pesticide review backlog of 14,000.”
But that review process would end if Congress passes Section 453 and gives pesticide companies a liability shield.
🚨Then, Nicole Shanahan sounded the alarm.
“Glyphosate to me is one of these things that’s just as bad as the mRNA vaccine in terms of human health, lack of disclosures, and lack of government accountability.”
“The 1986 vaccine safety act gave immunity to vaccine manufacturers such that if you’re injured by a vaccine you can’t directly sue the manufacturer.”
“They’re trying to do that same thing with glyphosate right now.”
President Trump’s MAHA Report explicitly called out pesticides as a key toxic exposure fueling our childhood chronic disease crisis.
The Report exposed that glyphosate causes “reproductive and developmental disorders as well as cancers, liver inflammation and metabolic disturbances.”
It also directly called out the chemical-manufacturing lobby for spending “roughly $77 million on federal influence activities—placing the industry among Washington’s top spenders.”
It revealed that “in 2023, 60% of chemical-sector lobbyists previously held federal posts.”
The House Appropriations Committee votes tomorrow morning.
Section 453 would freeze EPA reviews and block 67,000 cancer lawsuits.
Here’s who has the power to shape history tomorrow!
Flood their lines and let them know the public is watching.
Republicans:
Mike Simpson (ID‑02) – (202) 225‑5531
Michael Cloud (TX‑27) – (202) 225‑7742
Tom Cole (OK‑04) – (202) 225‑6165
Jake Ellzey (TX‑06) – (202) 225‑2002
Celeste Maloy (UT‑02) – (202) 225‑9730
Guy Reschenthaler (PA‑14) – (202) 225‑2065
Ryan Zinke (MT‑01) – (202) 225‑5628
Democrats:
Jim Clyburn (SC‑06) – (202) 225‑3315
Rosa DeLauro (CT‑03) – (202) 225‑3661
Josh Harder (CA‑09) – (202) 225‑4540
Betty McCollum (MN‑04) – (202) 225‑6631
Chellie Pingree (ME‑01) – (202) 225‑6116
If you live in one of these states—call.
If you live nearby or have family there—call.
Even if you’re out of state, your voice matters.
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