Well being and Human Providers Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a daring declare at a Cupboard assembly Thursday with President Donald Trump, promising that his division will uncover environmental causes of autism by September.
“We’ve launched an enormous testing and analysis effort that’s going to contain lots of of scientists from world wide,” Kennedy advised Trump in entrance of reporters.
“By September, we are going to know what has prompted the autism epidemic, and we’ll have the ability to get rid of these exposures.”
Trump, who as early as his 2016 presidential marketing campaign known as autism an “epidemic” and asserted that its prevalence is linked to vaccines, hailed Kennedy’s work.
“Consider that: So, it was 1 in 10,000 kids had autism, and now it’s 1 in 31. Not 31,000—31. That’s a horrible statistic, isn’t it? And there’s obtained to be one thing synthetic on the market that’s doing this,” stated Trump.
He then turned to Kennedy and requested, “So, you suppose you’re going to have a reasonably good concept, huh?”

Kennedy replied confidently, “We are going to know by September.”
“There will probably be no larger information convention than that … For those who can provide you with that reply,” Trump stated. “The place you cease taking one thing, you cease consuming one thing, or perhaps it’s a shot. However one thing’s inflicting it.”
Kennedy’s “Make America Wholesome Once more” agenda is now in full swing.
Kennedy moreover spoke on the assembly of his efforts alongside governors in 24 states to bar “soda pop” purchases from the meals stamp program.
This week, Kennedy additionally made headlines when he stated he would urge the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention to cease recommending placing fluoride in consuming water.