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Pesticides Are FDA Regulated, Not Approved

Rebecca BowenRebecca Bowen
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5th September 2021
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10:02 pm
5th September 2021
Pesticides Are FDA Regulated, Not Approved
Regulation is a way of protecting the public (Getty Images).

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Following FDA approval of the Pfizer COVID vaccine, vaccine-hesitant social media users began questioning the authority of an FDA approval. Claiming that the FDA also approves harmful pesticides, including allowing pesticides in our food. One post with 4,500 shares boasts, “Some of you have no idea what FDA approval really means…,” while another quips, “You know what else is FDA approved? Round up, a cancer-causing pesticide.”

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