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His whole thing is about environmental toxins probably being the cause of most of our problems, so no that doesn't seem likely.

mort96 1y ago
Has he specifically included lead in a list of "toxins"? If not, "toxins" is such a vague term that it can include or exclude just about anything.
Avshalom 1y ago
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2025/04/11/cdc-denies-milwaukee-request-for-help-with-mps-lead-poisoning-crisis/83033453007/ https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2025/04/11/cdc-denies-mi... Yeah, about that.
Fomite 1y ago
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/milwaukee-schools-lead-poisoning-cdc-denies-help/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/milwaukee-schools-lead-poisonin... This aged wildly poorly.
- sethammons 1y ago
  Better link? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-hhs-layoffs-cdc-lead-poisoning/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-hhs-layoffs-cdc-lead-poi... TL;DR: RFK has cut health programs including the division that deals with lead poisoning. The first link is about that choice's fallout on school children exposed to lead. Yay blanket federal cuts.
  - ifyoubuildit 1y ago
    Can you imagine a world where two things could be true at the same time: RFK cares about environmental toxins, and RFK cut a department that was meant to deal with lead posioning? I don't know if this was something he pushed for, but let's assume it was. Could there still be a reasonable cause to cut that department? A lot of people assume if you oppose the Do Good Things act, that you must be a bad person. Was this department getting results? It was spending roughly 750k per full time employee per year (based on the 150M for 200 full timers from the article). Was it working? It could have been, it also could not have been. Maybe this was an actually bad decision made by an actually bad man. But previous coverage of him has taught me to take anything reported about him with a very large grain of salt.
jabwd 1y ago
His whole thing is making money. Whatever grift it is he'll grab it, that is all it is with persona's that pretend science is fake.
- Tadpole9181 1y ago
  Nuh-uh! That's not his whole thing. He's also into destroying the lives of his ex wives after commiting mass adultery and getting them to kill themselves.

mort96 1y ago

Has he specifically included lead in a list of "toxins"? If not, "toxins" is such a vague term that it can include or exclude just about anything.

Avshalom 1y ago

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2025/04/11/cdc-denies-milwaukee-request-for-help-with-mps-lead-poisoning-crisis/83033453007/ https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2025/04/11/cdc-denies-mi... Yeah, about that.

Fomite 1y ago

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/milwaukee-schools-lead-poisoning-cdc-denies-help/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/milwaukee-schools-lead-poisonin... This aged wildly poorly.

sethammons 1y ago
Better link? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-hhs-layoffs-cdc-lead-poisoning/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-hhs-layoffs-cdc-lead-poi... TL;DR: RFK has cut health programs including the division that deals with lead poisoning. The first link is about that choice's fallout on school children exposed to lead. Yay blanket federal cuts.
- ifyoubuildit 1y ago
  Can you imagine a world where two things could be true at the same time: RFK cares about environmental toxins, and RFK cut a department that was meant to deal with lead posioning? I don't know if this was something he pushed for, but let's assume it was. Could there still be a reasonable cause to cut that department? A lot of people assume if you oppose the Do Good Things act, that you must be a bad person. Was this department getting results? It was spending roughly 750k per full time employee per year (based on the 150M for 200 full timers from the article). Was it working? It could have been, it also could not have been. Maybe this was an actually bad decision made by an actually bad man. But previous coverage of him has taught me to take anything reported about him with a very large grain of salt.

jabwd 1y ago

His whole thing is making money. Whatever grift it is he'll grab it, that is all it is with persona's that pretend science is fake.

Tadpole9181 1y ago
Nuh-uh! That's not his whole thing. He's also into destroying the lives of his ex wives after commiting mass adultery and getting them to kill themselves.