Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced plans to investigate six environmental factors potentially linked to rising autism rates. He aims to identify specific environmental toxins causing autism, contrasting with CDC claims attributing the increase to better detection methods. Kennedy highlighted the significant rise in diagnoses among children and called it a "catastrophic" situation, emphasizing the devastating impact of autism on families. He expects initial findings from the studies by September and plans to involve a global team of scientists in the research effort.
We're going to announce a series of new studies to identify precisely what the environmental toxins are that are causing [autism]," Kennedy said at a press conference. "This has not been done before.
This is catastrophic for our country," Kennedy said before claiming "we know it's from environmental exposure.
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