RFK Jr Says Environmental Toxins Behind Autism Surge

In a bold and long-overdue move, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is calling out what many in Washington have long ignored the autism epidemic is real, and environmental toxins are to blame.

At a press conference Wednesday, Kennedy announced a sweeping research effort to identify the specific environmental triggers behind America’s autism crisis, citing everything from mold and pesticides to medications and food chemicals as suspects. Even routine medical technology like ultrasounds could be a factor, according to RFK Jr.

“This is a preventable disease,” Kennedy stated. “Genes do not cause epidemics... you need an environmental toxin.”

Kennedy’s comments are resonating with millions of families who’ve watched autism rates climb with no answers from the medical establishment. His announcement marks a serious departure from the passive, data-hoarding approach of past administrations.

Consider these numbers:

• In the 1970s, autism affected 1 in 10,000 children.

• Today, that number has soared to 1 in 31.

• Over the past 20 years, rates have increased more than 300%.

RFK is promising answers and soon. He says the administration’s multi-national research initiative, involving hundreds of scientists, will deliver definitive conclusions by September. It's a high-stakes commitment, and one that echoes his conversation with President Trump, who has long been skeptical of the medical-industrial complex and its refusal to ask hard questions.

Dr. Walter Zahorodny, an autism researcher from Rutgers, stood with Kennedy, making clear that better diagnoses alone can't explain the surge.

“Whether we call it an epidemic, a tsunami or a surge... it must be triggered or caused by environmental or risk factors.”

While establishment organizations like the Autism Society of America were quick to attack Kennedy’s remarks labeling terms like “epidemic” as “stigmatizing” they offered no real data to refute the core argument: something is happening, and it’s not just a statistical fluke.

The reality is that millions of American families are living with the devastating consequences of a condition whose cause remains officially “unknown” after decades of research. Kennedy is finally asking the uncomfortable questions that bureaucrats and pharmaceutical lobbyists would rather keep buried.

This is about more than autism. It’s about the growing influence of unregulated chemicals, pharmaceutical overreach, and medical groupthink that have infiltrated American life with real human consequences.

RFK Jr. is putting the health of future generations first. And for once, an administration isn’t afraid to confront the environmental dangers that could be fueling the crisis.

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