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RFK Jr. Calls Autism ‘Preventable,’ Drawing Ire From Researchers

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The health secretary said he would prioritize studies into environmental causes while harshly discounting other factors scientists say are likely contributing to rising rates of the condition.

RFK Jr. Calls Autism ‘Preventable,’ Drawing Ire From Researchers

In remarks laced with scientific inaccuracies, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, said on Wednesday that autism was preventable while directly contradicting researchers within his own agency on a primary driver behind rising rates of the condition in young children.

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