Robert F Kennedy Jr

[iBrian]

Normally I see him disparagingly referred to as an anti-vaxxer, and anti-science, but this BBC indepth piece makes for a much more balanced consideration of his approach to challenging health issues in the US:

Robert Kennedy Jr: Could he really revolutionise US healthcare?

The most powerful public health official in the US is reviled by some medics - but even some of his critics accept that he is bringing drive to healthcare areas that have long been neglected

www.bbc.co.uk

One criticism I'd make of the piece is that it claims RFK has made unscientific comments about chemicals in water and food potentially making people trans. However, I don't think the journalist is aware that for a long time it was talked about with alarm that our water and food contained a lot of "gender-bender" chemicals, which mimic oestrogen, and were already turning males of some aquatic species such as small fish into females.

Also, would be great if any discussion focuses on the health issues, rather than discusses party politics or social politics. I would hope his crusade against big pharma and banned food additives are worthy of comment.

 

[Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine]

Normally I see him disparagingly referred to as an anti-vaxxer, and anti-science, but this BBC indepth piece makes for a much more balanced consideration of his approach to challenging health issues in the US:

Robert Kennedy Jr: Could he really revolutionise US healthcare?

The most powerful public health official in the US is reviled by some medics - but even some of his critics accept that he is bringing drive to healthcare areas that have long been neglected

www.bbc.co.uk

One criticism I'd make of the piece is that it claims RFK has made unscientific comments about chemicals in water and food potentially making people trans. However, I don't think the journalist is aware that for a long time it was talked about with alarm that our water and food contained a lot of "gender-bender" chemicals, which mimic oestrogen, and were already turning males of some aquatic species such as small fish into females.

Also, would be great if any discussion focuses on the health issues, rather than discusses party politics or social politics. I would hope his crusade against big pharma and banned food additives are worthy of comment.

Some aquatic species start out male, then, become female if/when the female dies or one of the males leaves the school to start a new one (clownfish, for example, in spite of what Finding Nemo "says"...)

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine

 

[iBrian]

Here are a couple of pieces more specifically about that:

'Gender-bending' chemicals found to 'feminise' boys

"Gender-bending" chemicals mimicking the female hormone oestrogen can disrupt the development of baby boys, suggests the first evidence linking certain chemicals in everyday plastics to effects in humans. The chemicals implicated are phthalates, which make plastics more pliable in many...

www.newscientist.com

Gender Fluidity and Hormone Disruptors

The modern human environment is replete with substances that mimic sex hormones. Could these chemicals play a role in contemporary gender fluidity?

www.psychologytoday.com

 

[Faithfulservant]

Ive been interested in this topic most of my adult life. It started with fluoride and my daughter.. they gave me fluoride pills when i was pregnant for my unborn baby then after she was born a gross fluoride syrup with "vitamins". I didnt take either because i had an older hippie activist type neighbor who told me that it was a bi product of plutonium and they had to find a way to dispose of it. She told me it calcifies your pituitary gland and what she considered the third eye which imnot so sure about. But ok . Im not going to poison my child even if im not 100% sure of its truth. This was probably the first time i started to distrust my govt.

Then came GMO. I researched this and i try very hard to avoid GMO foods but its becoming increasingly more difficult.

Red dye 40. Good grief how many years has this issue been all over watch groups and the news.

Margarine and trans fats and telling us butter was unhealthy. Telling us that fat is unhealthy. Eggs??

The food pyramid. What a joke that was.

Vaccines. The first thing that rose the hair on the back of my neck was that they used aborted fetal tissue. Then the heavy metal toxicity. Wht are we goving newborns STD vaccines. HepB and later to our children HPV vaccines . The amount of vaccines they give children now is ridiculous.

When i was pregnant with my son they tried to prescribe me Paxil because i was emotional and there was some concern of post partem depression. I had this gut feeling not to take it due to disclaimer about not taking if breastfeeding. So in my head if i cant take while breastfeeding why is it safe to take when pregnant. Years later thera a class action lawsuit because of Paxil causing congential deformities in fetuses.

Yeah i have a lot of hope that RFK jr will address the issue of our health.

 

[wil]

He (to me) is a classic case of a stopped watch being right twice a day.

He says soooo much that is blatantly, probably wrong....but...and this is a big BUT, he is taking the iron fist role against big pharma and big phood against flavorings and colorings and additives that Europe banned long ago....totally worthy.

He is a conspiracy nut crackpot, but some valid arguments get thrown into the conspiracy basket.

 

[Cloud Drift]

Nah. The man is a gibbering idiot.

 

[TheLightWithin]

Yeah I think he's pretty much full of it. What is it about him in particular that makes him even remotely qualified for this position? Does he have any credentials in the healthcare field or human biology, whatsoever? What are his creds?Are they saying it's his background in environmental law? Aren't there hundreds of other people more qualified for this role than he is? Why is he even there?

 

[wil]

Nah. The man is a gibbering idiot.

I believe stump turtle is appropriate.

 

[Ahanu]

However, I don't think the journalist is aware that for a long time it was talked about with alarm that our water and food contained a lot of "gender-bender" chemicals, which mimic oestrogen

This is the first time I've heard of gender-bender chemicals.

 

[TheLightWithin]

This is the first time I've heard of gender-bender chemicals.

Wording it that way sounds strange, but there is both speculation and research around the impact chemicals in the environment can have on fetal development in such a way as to be an influence on sex/gender characteristics.

'Gender-bending' chemicals found to 'feminise' boys

"Gender-bending" chemicals mimicking the female hormone oestrogen can disrupt the development of baby boys, suggests the first evidence linking certain chemicals in everyday plastics to effects in humans. The chemicals implicated are phthalates, which make plastics more pliable in many...

www.newscientist.com

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09603271231203382

Environmental contaminants, endocrine disruption, and transgender: Can “born that way” in some cases be toxicologically real?

Transgenerational Effects of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals on Male and Female Reproduction - PMC

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals are known to interfere with normal reproductive function and hormone signaling. Phthalates, bisphenol A, pesticides, and environmental contaminants such as polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins are known ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[moralorel]

I saw a video somewhere that showed short clips of the people in charge of departments of health all over the west. This included people all over Europe, U.S., Canada, and so on. Some were at the federal level, some were at the state level, and some were at the city level. The majority were overweight, many obese, and many looked like they were ready to pass out. The video ended with RFK Jr, who is 71 years old, doing pushups in his backyard with his shirt off. I'm not saying that this makes him correct on matters of health. But I'm going to trust his advice on health before I am going to trust these other people.