Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental lawyer, is a leading vaccine skeptic and purveyor of conspiracy theories who has leaned heavily on misinformation as he mounts his long-shot 2024 campaign for the Democratic nomination.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivers remarks at an event where he announced his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in Boston, April 19, 2023.
That notion has been rejected by more than a dozen peer-reviewed scientific studies across multiple countries. The National Academy of Medicine reviewed eight vaccines for children and adults and found that with rare exceptions, the vaccines are very safe, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
But no evidence exists to indicate that the chemical, typically used on farms to kill weeds, causes the same effects in humans, let alone gender dysphoria. And according to the CDC, “Most people are not exposed to atrazine on a regular basis.”Drawing on long-standing dubious claims, Kennedy has repeatedly endorsed the idea that mass shootings have increased because of heightened use of antidepressants.
Kennedy, however, has pointed to such warnings as evidence of the false notion that the drugs might induce “homicidal tendencies.” Referencing a House committee inquiry in 1976, he said, “Most of the people in that investigation believed it was the CIA that was behind it because the evidence was so overwhelming to them.”
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