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One Thing: ‘This Lost a Lot of People’: RFK Jr.’s Broken Pesticide Promise

CNN 5 Things

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🗓️ 5 April 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Amid a stalled Surgeon General nomination, a federal court ruling striking down vaccine overhauls (at least for now), and anger from ‘Make America Healthy Again’ activists, some are wondering whether Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has lost his grip on the movement that helped propel President Donald Trump back to the White House. We hear from one activist outraged by an executive order about weedkiller who says some voters “will not be coming back.” Plus, what’s going on with all the whole milk hype videos?  For more: How RFK Jr.’s MAHA agenda keeps hitting roadblocks  ---  Guests: Kelly Ryerson, ‘Glyphosate Girl’ & Sarah Owermohle, CNN Health Policy Reporter  Host/Producer: David Rind  Senior Producer: Matt Martinez  Showrunner: Felicia Patinkin Photo: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg/Getty Images Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is one thing. I'm David Rind, and is this one broken promise or a breaking point?

0:06.1

There are many people that will not be coming back. This lost a lot of people.

0:10.4

Why Maha is fuming mad about an herbicide and more. Stick around.

0:16.5

If you were to put a grade on what this administration has accomplished versus what you

0:22.3

had hoped for going in, what would you give it?

0:25.7

I give the EPA and D, and I give HHS an A, and I give the USDA, probably a B-minus.

0:34.9

That's a very mixed back.

0:38.9

Kelly Ryerson has been part of the Maha movement since day one.

0:42.7

In fact, way before Make America Healthy Again was even a thing.

0:46.7

After giving birth to her second child, Kelly started experiencing a range of debilitating

0:51.2

symptoms stemming from what she later discovered was an autoimmune

0:54.4

condition. She said she started feeling better after she gave up gluten and started eating organically.

0:59.8

And it was during this journey where she met a scientist who told her about a chemical called

1:04.1

glyphosate. Roundup, as it's better known, is sprayed on our grains right before harvest.

1:11.1

And I said, well, that isn't good.

1:13.0

We all know what Roundup is.

1:14.5

So you've seen it at Home Depot, this is not a good situation.

1:18.8

Dad, it's sprayed right on our food.

1:20.6

Roundup is the nation's most widely used weed killer.

1:23.3

Glyphosate is one of the herbicides in it.

1:25.0

It does help kill unwanted plants,

1:27.2

but industry groups say

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