Most people in America are well aware now that 70 - 90% of our chronic health issues, cancer, infertility, mental health issues, and death are preventable. They are caused not just by genetics, but by either one time or repeated exposure to low and high levels of harmful chemicals found in nearly everything, including our water, food, air, vaccines, wine, pajamas, cookware, sanitary products, kitchen cabinets, flooring, cars, clous seeding chemicals, cleaning fragrances at work, and in the rain that falls on our gardens. Over 86,000 chemicals are allowed in our environment, including food, homes, body care, and hundreds of other daily exposure points.

These chemicals are making us sick and infertile. Rather than reformulating their products, manufacturers are spending tens of millions on lobbyists and lawyers to manipulate our elected officials to change the laws of our established democracy to prevent lawsuits and protect their profits. It is the legal obligation of a public company to do whatever it needs to do to maintain a profit for its shareholders. It is our government’s job to regulate for safety. It is our job as citizens to choose wisely and purchase products, as much as we can, that do not expose our families, especially developing children, to toxic chemicals. The problem is that these products are not labeled accurately, and we citizens are not allowed to be informed if the organic baby food we choose has heavy metals, the Panera meatball sandwich bread has glyphosate, or the gluten-free cookies have 2,4-D. Not only are the food products not labeled to disclose those contaminants, but the chemical companies do not warn the farmers who use their products on our food that these chemicals are harmful and will not wash, dry, or cook off in entirety and will remain in their products. The chemical companies are failing to warn. And they know it.

This is why Bayer and Big Chemical Companies are pushing hard right now, to brainwash our elected officials in states nationwide and on The Hill, to pass convoluted languages slipped into Farm Bills and now the House Interior Appropriations Bill, that will, essentially, prevent anyone who files a lawsuit for “failure to warn” of harm, from winning. They are spending millions to stop the barrages of lawsuits, over 165,000 filed with 67,000 pending, and the most recent one is a 2.1 billion dollar verdict win to a Georgia resident. Bayer/Monsanto and ChemChina/Syngenta can see the lawsuits coming for not only glyphosate (Roundup) but for Paraquat and its connection to Parkinson's and PFAS and its connection to cancer. We haven’t even gotten started with miscarriages and birth defect lawsuits. The future does not bode well for Bayer or ChemChina’s business model if they do not stop selling poison. They are not going to stop, however, without spending a ridiculous amount of shareholders’ money on lobbyists and lawyers.

They are attempting to establish a way, legally, through the EPA, FIFRA, and Farm Bill avenues, to stop anyone from filing a lawsuit and winning as a last ditch effort to keep their products on the market. If Section 453 within the FY26 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, which is being discussed Tuesday, 7月 22, at 10:30 a.m., passes, and it goes to the House floor and passes, and the Senate concurs and Trump agrees...ChemChina and Bayer will succeed. And all chemical manufacturing companies will have immunity from accountability that is three times worse than what the vaccine companies enjoy. Vaccine companies have at least a recording system called VAERS, a dedicated fund set up and a special court system that the vaccine-injured can appeal to. The victims of agrochemicals, which are not properly labeled with a warning, consumers of food that are not informed on the label, and bystanders that are sprayed when Park and Rec truck sprayed herbicides on city sidewalks will have absolutely no recourse. Zero.

The number one reason for bankruptcy is medical debt. Bankruptcy increases homelessness. This policy change would enable the CEOs of Bayer and ChemChina to buy a third beach home while our American citizens lose their only home.

And it’s not just German owned company Bayer. This affront to our constitutional right to sue, being stricken, would protect over 57,000 chemicals, many of which are made in China. For example, 86% of the companies that make glyphosate originate in China. We American citizens are giving our tax dollars to China to reduce our population.

We currently know of at least 86 agrochemicals that are banned in other countries such as China, Europe and Brazil, that are used on our food and animal feed crops here in the USA. Our analysis has shown that 78% of them cause reproductive damage, infertility, or sterility. The remaining 22% do not have conclusive studies, so they may also cause reproductive harm. Many are known to cause cancer, and many are untested. At least 4000 of these pesticides have been given the equivalent of the Emergency Use Authorization given to drugs or vaccines, without any safety testing at all. Many of these agrochemicals have been used on our food supply for over a decade without being recalled for safety testing, and would all be immune from accountability. 100% of new pesticides approved in the past year are PFAS pesticides, which would also be covered, immune from lawsuits.

If we do not stop this egregious attempt to thwart democracy, the health of the American people and our trading partners will continue into a disastrous decline as predicted by
Dr. Shanna Swan’s book Countdown: How Our Modern World is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race.

The fact is, if we do take action, we have the courage to stand up to these corporations; we could REVERSE 70-90% of chronic disease in America. We have that opportunity right now, like never before.

What the House FY26 Appropriations Bill would do if passed, and why it must be stripped from the bill:

1. Section 453 would block timely pesticide label updates, undermining public health protections.
   By restricting federal funding for label updates unless they align with the EPA’s most recent risk assessments, Section 453 effectively locks labels into outdated science. EPA’s reviews are notoriously delayed, often by decades. For instance, the health review for glyphosate, a pesticide linked to endocrine disruption, reproductive harm, neurodevelopmental issues, and cancer, has not been updated since 1993, and the following review is not anticipated until the late 2030s. In practice, pesticide labels will fail to warn consumers about the most current scientific findings on risks, including those associated with childhood development, hormone disruption, and fertility.
   
   Early exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals can permanently affect brain development, reproductive health, and metabolic regulation. By preventing timely label updates, Section 453 increases the likelihood of lifelong, irreversible harm to the youngest and most vulnerable members of our communities.
   
   
2. Section 453 grants unprecedented legal immunity to pesticide manufacturers.
   This section would shield over 57,000 pesticide products from companies like Bayer and Syngenta (ChemChina) from lawsuits under state product liability laws. Families harmed by pesticide exposure, including children diagnosed with cancers or developmental conditions, would be unable to seek justice. The provision leverages the legal doctrine of “impossibility preemption”, which prevents companies from adding new warnings unless the EPA approves them. With EPA reviews decades behind current science, companies can argue that they are legally prohibited from warning consumers, no matter how strong the evidence of harm.

Insights on Section 453

Dr. Alexandra Munoz, PhD. Toxicologist stated, "The toxicological impact of Section 453 could be catastrophic for all American children and the future generations. The chemicals regulated under this provision are designed to be toxins, and many of them can impact the endocrine system and lead to infertility in humans. With no accountability – what future chemicals will this industry sell? This provision opens the door for an entire generation to become infertile ."

Dr. Don Huber, PhD Plant Pathologist, Midwest farmer/educator, and Professor Emeritus of Purdue University stated,”Section 453 and attempts to grant chemical companies are very serious. They are trying to make an end run around the 7th Amendment of the Bill of Rights—the right to a Jury Trial. On that basis alone, it is unconstitutional! If it should pass, the companies would be unaccountable and continue to poison people, contaminate our soil and water, destroy our environment, and sterilize all living things. Any public official who votes for such a bill has violated his/her OATH OF OFFICE to uphold and honor the Constitution and should be removed from office the next day (also for malfeasance). State and federal Constitutions all have this Article enshrined in them. It states it is inviolate or won't be abrogated, and a subsequent court can’t change a jury award. That's why the Supreme Court has upheld the high jury awards! I could write voluminously about what would happen if it passed, but all you have to do is look at what happened with vaccines. The only reason the companies want it is BECAUSE they lied and persecuted anyone (including farmers) who told the truth about their safety! AND can anticipate that Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma is just the tip of the iceberg in relation to potential health claims!”

Pediatrician of 43 years, Dr. Michelle Perro stated, ”As a physician/author/CEO of a science-based website on GMOs/pesticides, who has spent decades treating children and advocating for public health, I am deeply concerned about Section 453 of the pending House appropriations bill. This provision threatens both the integrity of pesticide regulation and the legal rights of families harmed by toxic exposures. For the health and safety of our nation’s children, I urge you to remove Section 453 in its entirety.”

Section 453 in the House Interior and Environment Appropriations spending bill, the Farm Bill section 10204, and any state policies must be stopped.

The Pesticide Injury Accountability Act, a bipartisan issue, must be supported and established to ensure our constitutional right to sue for harm or damage.

Zen Honeycutt is the Founder and Director of Moms Across America, a 501c3, and The Moms Across America Movement, a 501c4 organization established to champion policy and public servants who put children, health, safety, and the future of America FIRST.