2026-04-24 23:06 UTC
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@wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2026-04-24 23:46
Right, this wasn't an endorsement of him. There are perfectly legitimate arguments you can make about why he's an idiot and why him being in his current position is a danger to public health. But saying "he's wrong because he thinks disease is caused by environmental toxins and poor nutrition" is missing *a lot* of nuance, and is also harmful. Microplastics? BPAs? PTFEs? So many other examples: from papermills, textiles, coal plants, fertilizers, meat production. All these can have harmful effects when concentrated near population centers, especially upstream of water sources. I get that RFK jr. isn't talking about those things, and probably thinks they're fake. But those are all environmental toxins, and when you summarily dismiss the idea of toxins causing disease, these all get caught in the crossfire.