How RFK Jr. Shut Down Research On Environmental Causes of Autism

Photo credit: Polina via Pexels. Article by Sharon Lerner, ProPublica. Undark – September 2, 2025. Article originally published by ProPublica.

Erin McCanlies was listening to the radio one morning in April when she heard Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promising to find the cause of autism by September. The secretary of Health and Human Services said he believed an environmental toxin was responsible for the dramatic increase in the condition and vowed to gather “the most credible scientists from all over the world” to solve the mystery. […]

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