Kennedy 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 деца.
mr. Kennedy made his comments at a news conference, responding to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing that rates of autism had increased to one in 31 among 8-year-olds, continuing a long-running trend.
Blaming environmental risk factors for the uptick, he accused the media and the public of succumbing to a “myth of epidemic denial ” Когато стана дума за аутизъм. Той също по този начин назова проучване на генетичните фактори, за които учените споделят, че играят жизненоважна роля за това дали детето ще развие аутизъм „ задънена улица “.
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