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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is an anti-vaccine activist.
The founder of Children’s Health Defense, a nonprofit that spreads anti-vaccine misinformation, Kennedy has been an outspoken opponent of vaccines and water fluoridation for many years. He has continued to make false and misleading claims about vaccines …
Read MoreWhy is there controversy about fluoride now? Fluoride has long generated controversy. In the 1950s conspiracy theorists thought it was a Communist plot to poison Americans’ brains — a notion that the filmmaker Stanley Kubrick ridiculed in his 1964 …
Read MoreTwo decades ago, Merck introduced Vioxx, a profitable NSAID, despite knowing it could cause numerous heart attacks. After facing overwhelming lawsuits and ultimately withdrawing Vioxx, Merck quickly pushed Gardasil, an HPV vaccine, […]
Read MoreA fresh wave of disinformation about vaccines is flaring amid the 2024 campaign. The FDA’s top vaccine official believes transparency about the agency’s regulatory role is crucial.
Read MoreBut in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, fluoride conspiracy theories have resurfaced, often pushed by individuals such as Kennedy who also believe that childhood vaccines cause autism and other …
Read MoreOther researchers have dismissed the USC study, and public health officials have frequently played down worries about fluoridation of water, saying that some Americans wrongly believe in myths and conspiracy theories about its risks. Goodwin said the only …
Read MoreFluoride is an industrial waste associated with arthritis … Kennedy has a long history of sharing baseless conspiracy theories about the impacts of man-made chemicals in the environment. CNN has previously reported that Kennedy, an environmental lawyer …
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