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RFK disagreed with the consensus of health researchers, and said that “we need to move away” from the idea that the increase in autism prevalence “is simply due to better diagnostic tools”.

When the ones using those tools are telling you that it is because of the tools, trust them. This is the same moronic take Trump had about Covid testing. "Stop testing and the numbers will go down", as if that also means that actual number of cases goes down. Better diagnostic tools will almost necessarily lead to more positive diagnoses because... they are better at diagnosing. What a fucking novel concept you brain worm eaten fool. People diagnosed with autism were autistic before the diagnosis too, they just weren't counted in the statistics because they weren't diagnosed. If you don't get that, then you sure as shit shouldn't be in charge of ANYONE'S medical information or decisions.

Who needs evidence when you can just make shit up and have Fox News declare that it's reality?

So let’s give this asshole the benefit of doubt for a moment and see where this goes.

Let’s say an environmental toxin is found to be linked to autism. Great, what’s next? Will the EPA be allowed to regulate the industries that produce or use it? Will other agencies be allowed to make policy banning its use? Will there be fines and punishment for those who knowingly introduced these chemicals into the world? No? Great! We now know what causes autism but we’re powerless to stop it.

Thought experiment concluded.

RFK Jr. is the kind of person who starts off saying something reasonable like we need to focus on the foods and chemicals we allow into our bodies and then, surprise non sequitur, drinking water from the sewer is guaranteed to increase your body’s natural immunity to dysentery.

At least this would be positive if it were to result in less use of plastics and cars to lower environmental pollution (just pointing at silver linings) but we're talking JFK here so I'm sure the recommendation will be to bring lead back into gasoline because when cars had lead gasoline we didn't have autism at all!

Well as an environmental lawyer and not a medical doctor, I hope he goes out and sorts that toxin problem from the environment. While he’s at it he could get rid of the high fructose and processed foods he’s been banging on about for years right? Right?!

On first glance this guy has a whole lot of ideas that sound unhinged.

What do his supporters think? That we can trust what we can't test more than what we can?

Someone should force him to be tested, because I would bet real money that he would register on the autistic scale.

...an “epidemic” caused by an “environmental toxin”, which would be rooted out by September.

Oh boy, I can't wait for September to see what they're going to blame.

You could easily be led to think so, skimming articles like
"Does Lead Have a Connection to Autism? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis"
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10536388/

This meta-analysis showed significantly higher Pb levels in all three types of biological material in cases than in controls, suggesting a higher body Pb burden in autistic children. Thus, environmental Pb exposure could be related to the genesis of autism.

Even if this was true (it isn't, as this is once again ridiculous), the "environmental toxins" and the current parasites in the US will do their work anyway.

his worms steering clear of talking about processing raw animal carcasses harboring parasites.

The brain worms should have finished the job.

It's going to be marijuana or something else they want to go after, related to the next group they want to try to marginalize.

Will someone please put a sock in this fucking grifter.

Usually one corrects another by pointing out a verifiable fact. I don't see any reference to RFK using facts in this article.

Yeah doesn’t he invest his money in bullshit “cures” and supplements and whatnot

20$ says. The toxin is gona be nuclear energy. And the cure is coal.

So he wants to clean up the environment? I, for sure, am not going to correct him.

Autism is DIRECTLY Related to Environmental Toxins? Then WHY are Republicans ALLOWING Wealthy Corporations to MAKE our Environment Toxic? UNLESS RFK JR is Giving Us in the Know a Wink and a Nod that I don't Understand until Fox News TELLS me What it means! I DO my OWN Research!

So condemn your boss for trying to gut the EPA

Bullshit, but let's say it wasn't... he works for the party that will not ban any toxin he finds to be bad, so why does it matter? You gutted every department that may have been able to ban anything. If anything, you're the reason these chemicals still exist in the first place.