The “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement could be on a collision course with its Republican allies over pesticides and toxic chemicals.

MAHA is strongly aligned with the Trump administration, having cheered its anti-vaccine actions and food safety reforms. In general, the movement has been deeply skeptical of Big Pharma, Big Agriculture and Big Chemical.

And cracks are beginning to form.

MAHA-aligned groups and influencers are particularly raising alarms about provisions in a House appropriations bill that they say will shield pesticide and chemical manufacturers from accountability — and ultimately make Americans less healthy.

Meanwhile, a draft of the administration’s “MAHA report” reportedly omits any calls to prevent pesticide exposure, also disappointing advocates.

“It's obvious that there are tensions within this newfound coalition between MAHA and MAGA, and there are some big issues there,” said Mary Holland, CEO of Children's Health Defense, a group that was founded by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., considered the MAHA flagbearer.

Conservatives have traditionally sided with big business, supporting fewer regulations on potentially toxic substances.

Kennedy and his disciples, meanwhile, espouse stricter environmental protections, while also bucking mainstream science on vaccine safety.

The disparities on chemicals and pesticides within their coalition put Republicans in the middle: Do they side with big business or health concerns?

On many issues, business interests appear to be winning.

The New York Times reported last week, based on a draft that it obtained, that a forthcoming iteration of the Trump administration’s MAHA positions does not call for new restrictions on pesticides and describes existing procedures as “robust.”

MAHA-aligned activists recoiled.

“The MAHA draft report stating that the EPA’s [Environmental Protection Agency] pesticide review process is ‘robust’ is the biggest joke in American history. And it’s not........

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