b'T he new Chairman of the Co- the hands of the besieging Greeks. Glyphosate anditspesticide dex Alimentarius CommitteeThe Pesticide IndustrysOther Horrorson Pesticide Residues (CCPR)Only Concern TheNHFsubmitted is Guibiao e and he is an ex- comments in two separate documents to cellent chairman. Unlike some others IIs money. And lots of it. In the Unitedthe Committee on Monday morn-have encountered, he lets everyone talk,States alone, pesticide revenue is abouting,July4 th ,whichthe helistensandthinksaboutwhathes$15 billion per year. In the entire World,Codex 6ecretariat heard, and then overall he makes sen- it stands at $103.5 billion per year, as ofmerged sibledecisions.Aboveall,hedoesnt2020. So, keeping that promotehisownpersonalviewsand opinions as some sort of consensus of the Committee. Working well with the experiencedCodex6ecretariat,Gracia Brisco, he is just the kind of chairmanintoone, that this Committee needs. less-cleardocu-AndthisCommit- ment.Ofcourse, teeheldits53rdtheextremelytoxic meeting by Zoomherbicide glyphosate is fromJuly4-8,the main object of our at-2022,withtheincome stream.powingtention at these meetings, reading and correc- is the pesticide industrys maingivenitswidespreaduse tion of the report onconcernandwhytheypredom- throughout the World. In fact, July13,2022.Whileinate at each meeting of the Codexat every meeting where NHF has been attendanceofcourseCommittee on Pesticide Residues. Thepresent and standards permitting the use varies with each passing day, it held rea- pesticide industry isnt present at everyof glyphosate have been discussed, NHF sonably steady at about 360-380 partici- meeting of this Committee because theyhas consistently opposed its use in agri-pants, with 40 of them being declared asare concerned about consumer health;cultural and other practices.members of CropLife International, the front group for the pesticide industry.NHF expresses its objection to the use There is no telling how many additional pesticide industry members are also at- of glyphosate in any form (.)tending as infiltrated members of coun-trydelegations.Then,therewasone consumer representative present. Me. they are present because they want toOn the meetings first day, I stated Yes, thats it. Once again, it was themakesurethatthepesticide-residueourstrongobjectionstoglyphosate, NHFagainsttheWorld.Butwhatsstandards are not so restrictive as to hurtNHF expresses its objection to the use new? In 2018, at the in-person Hongtheir pesticide sales. of glyphosate in any form for the rea-Kong meeting of CCPR, the NationalThesaddestthing,though,isthatsons given in our CRD28 [Conference Health Federationthe only consumertherestoftheCommitteedelegatesRoom Document 28], that is, that gly-grouprepresentedatthatcommittee(1+Fexcepted)treattheindustrysphosate, among other things, is a per-meetingspoke up against the follow- front group, CropLife, which is fundedsistent, cumulative toxin and a major ing pesticides, fungicides, and herbicidesby an array of billion-dollar global cor- contributor to Antimicrobial Resistance asallposingpublic-healthconcerns:porations, as some sort of disinterestedworldwide. Always needing to have the pyflubumide,chlorothalonil,glypho- scientific advisory body instead of thelast word, CropLife submitted its own sate, buprofezin, bifenthrin, cyprodinil,lobbying trade organization it really is.written response to NHFs CRD 28. The dicamba, puensulfone, and tolfenpyrad.Give the lobbying organization a nice,battle continues, but one day, hopefully At that meeting, an entire row ofwarm and fuzzy name, sprinkle a smat- sooner rather than later, glyphosate and CropLife attendees snickered astering of well-paid, inhouse scientistsall glyphosate-based herbicides will be NHF stated its case against gly- among its attendees, and Voila!, sud- completely banned as the deadly health phosatejust as I imagine manydenly no one can see through the thinhazards that they are.Trojanssnickeredandevenveil of camoupage. AstheCCPRmeetingprogressed, laughed at Cassandra when she warnedIspokeoutagainstchlorpyrifos(an them about their impending deaths atorganophosphorus insecticide), propi-H EALTHF REEDOMN EWS /S UMMER2022 7NHF_Summer40-2_2022_Linda_08-09-2022.indd 7 8/10/22 11:10 AM'