Health and Human Services Department Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Wednesday that the Trump administration will be publishing a series of studies that will help identify “the exact environmental toxins” that cause autism.
Kennedy is working on one of the issues he has committed to addressing as part of a bigger mission to bring America healthy again. He discussed the stunning autism rates offered by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday. This reflects yet another increase in what Kennedy currently describes as “motto,” finding that one in 31 people in the US has autism.
Watch – HHS Sec. RFK Jr. will hold a press conference on autism:
Around CDC:
result: Of the 8-year-old children in 2022, the prevalence of ASD was 32.2 (1 in 31) per 1,000 children at 16 sites, ranging from 9.7 in Texas (Laredo) to 53.1 in California. The overall observed prevalence estimates were similar to those calculated using Bayesian hierarchical effects models and random effects models. ASD was 3.4 times more among boys (49.2) than among girls (14.3) (49.2). Overall, the prevalence of ASD was lower in non-Hispanic (white) children (27.7) than in Asian or Pacific Islanders (A/PI) (38.2), Aimine or Alaska natives (37.5), American Indian or Alaska natives (AI/AN) (37.5), non-Hispanic black or African Americans (36.6) (36.6), Hispanic or Hispanic (Hispanic (33.0))). (31.9). No association was observed between the prevalence of ASD and nearby household income (MHI) at 11 sites. A higher ASD prevalence was associated with the lower part of the neighbouring MHI at five sites.
The CDC has identified a pattern of rates that have risen from the previous year.
“In 2009, the California Legislature accused UC Davis’ Mind Institute. This myth was already widespread, and the myth of denial of the epidemic was already widespread in mainstream media – the California Legislature was the definitive answer to direct UC Davis Mind Institute and answer questions.
“The trend is real,” Kennedy said. He said there are many other studies that affirm this concept.
“Instead of hearing this canard of epidemic denial, all you have to do is start reading a bit of science because the answer is so clear and this is devastating for our country,” Kennedy continued, citing another recent study that found by 2035 it would cost $1 trillion a year to treat autism in the United States.
clock:
“This is already added to astronomical medical costs. And there are individual injuries. These are children – this is a preventable disease. You can see that it’s exposure to the environment. Genes don’t cause an epidemic,” Kennedy said.
“It can provide vulnerability, but it requires environmental toxins,” he said.
As a result, Kennedy’s team hopes to “publish a series of new research to pinpoint exactly what environmental toxins are causing it” within three weeks.
“This hasn’t been done before and we’re going to do it in a thorough and comprehensive way, and we’re coming back.
clock:
