El Sayed speaks MAHA’s lan­guage in cam­paign pitch tar­get­ing chem­i­cals in food

Michi­gan Demo­c­ra­t­ic Sen­ate nom­i­nee Abdul el Sayed sought to peel away a coali­tion of health-con­scious vot­ers from his Repub­li­can rival on Tues­day, as the candidate’s cam­paign seeks to make gains in the final weeks of one of the country’s clos­est races.El Sayed is attempt­ing to keep the Michi­gan seat blue, as GOP nom­i­nee Mike Rogers gives Democ­rats a run for their mon­ey, with polls show­ing the two are neck and neck ahead of the Nov. 3 election.This week, el Sayed sought to gain an edge, announc­ing an ini­tia­tive designed to appeal to Make Amer­i­ca Health Again vot­ers. His “Build­ing a Health­i­er Amer­i­ca” agen­da push­es poli­cies com­mon­ly attrib­uted to the MAHA move­ment, includ­ing tar­get­ing tox­ic pes­ti­cides and microplas­tics, fram­ing “food as med­i­cine,” attac­ki …