Dr. Jenn Simmons says U.S. health standards fall behind other countries because industry influences regulatory decisions. She credits Casey Means, Mark Hyman, and others for pushing public conversations about food safety and ingredient quality.
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Today on World Health Day, I can't help but think about the fact that our standards in the United States are not up to the standards that they have around the world. And this inequity has really contributed to the health care crisis that we have in this country. And I'm especially grateful for this time when we can actually start to have the conversations that we haven't had for decades. We can start to talk about ingredient safety and about the quality of the food in this as it compares to the rest of the world, because for too long we have been suffering under the weight of industry, under the control of industry, and it's long past the time that that's happening. So I'm so grateful to people like Casey Means, to people like Mark Hyman, to the glyphosate girl, to Courtney Swan, to people who are bringing up these so important conversations and, and making our country a better place, making our country a safer place, a healthier place, so that we can catch up with the rest of the world.