Today, the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) Commission’s strategy report outlining the Trump administration’s priorities for policies to overhaul the food system and address chronic disease, is due. The White House has reportedly told food industry lobbyists that the document will not contain any “surprise” regulatory crackdowns, including on toxic pesticides.

The report deadline comes as Bayer pushes Cancer Gag Act legislation across the country to limit pesticide manufacturer liability from health-related lawsuits. The corporation has spent over $11 billion to date settling more than 100,000 cancer lawsuits related to its Roundup pesticide, whose key ingredient glyphosate the World Health Organization defines as a probable carcinogen.

In response, Food & Water Watch Factory Farm Organizing Director Krissy Kasserman issued the following statement:

“The MAHA Commission’s report is a smokescreen designed to draw attention away from the Trump Administration’s dangerous deregulatory agenda. The report will be most notable in what it lacks: any real action on glyphosate, linked to rising cancer rates nationwide. As Congressional Republicans push legislation to shield toxic pesticide manufacturers from health liability, the White House’s feigned concern for our health rings hollow. We aren’t falling for it. Making America healthy will require Big Ag confrontation, not capitulation — that means stopping Bayer’s Cancer Gag Act.”

Food & Water Watch research finds that Bayer has spent over $21 million on federal lobbying since the federal Cancer Gag Act was first introduced in 2023 as the Agricultural Labeling Uniformity Act — a 43 percent increase over the past ten quarters. State spending is also on the rise. In the past year, Bayer spent more on lobbying than any other year on record in Iowa, a key battleground state where 89% of voters oppose the Cancer Gag Act. The bill failed.

Copycat bills were introduced in twelve states this year to robust opposition, failing in nine and passing in two (the bill is still pending in North Carolina). Reintroduction of the federal bill is expected this year. House Republicans furthered related language to prevent EPA from improving warning labels on dangerous pesticides, in an appropriations bill vote just last month.