{"id":19689,"date":"2025-02-23T19:55:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T02:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=19689"},"modified":"2025-02-23T20:01:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T03:01:10","slug":"kennedy-announces-inquiry-to-find-causes-of-chronic-disease-including-electromagnetic-radiation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=19689","title":{"rendered":"Kennedy announces inquiry to find causes of chronic disease, including Electromagnetic Radiation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-o-bcmg198yc\" style=\"max-width:900px;\" class=\"arve\">\n<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n<div style=\"aspect-ratio:500\/281\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.200000%\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &apos;none&apos;;autoplay &apos;none&apos;;bluetooth &apos;none&apos;;browsing-topics &apos;none&apos;;camera &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-read &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-write;display-capture &apos;none&apos;;encrypted-media &apos;none&apos;;gamepad &apos;none&apos;;geolocation &apos;none&apos;;gyroscope &apos;none&apos;;hid &apos;none&apos;;identity-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;idle-detection &apos;none&apos;;keyboard-map &apos;none&apos;;local-fonts;magnetometer &apos;none&apos;;microphone &apos;none&apos;;midi &apos;none&apos;;otp-credentials &apos;none&apos;;payment &apos;none&apos;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &apos;none&apos;;publickey-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;screen-wake-lock &apos;none&apos;;serial &apos;none&apos;;summarizer &apos;none&apos;;sync-xhr;usb &apos;none&apos;;web-share;window-management &apos;none&apos;;xr-spatial-tracking &apos;none&apos;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-o-bcmg198yc\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/o-BCMG198Yc?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"505.8\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/o-BCMG198Yc?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"\" width=\"900\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/emrabc.ca\\\/?p=19689#arve-youtube-o-bcmg198yc\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/o-BCMG198Yc?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\"}<\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>\u2018Nothing \u2026 off limits\u2019: Kennedy lays out plan for HHS<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>His first remarks to the department since being confirmed comes as Washington reels from mass firings and funding cuts.<\/p>\n<p>Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addressed his department for the first time on Tuesday. | Jason Andrew for POLITICO<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/staff\/chelsea-cirruzzo\"><b>CHELSEA CIRRUZZO<\/b><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/staff\/adam-cancryn\"><b>ADAM CANCRYN<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>02\/18\/2025 12:35 PM EST<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. implored federal health agency workers on Tuesday to \u201clet go\u201d of preconceived notions of him and start from \u201csquare one,\u201d but he also promised that \u201cnothing is going to be off limits\u201d in his pursuit to reduce chronic disease.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the possible factors we will investigate were formerly taboo or insufficiently scrutinized,\u201d Kennedy told HHS staff in his first address to the department he now leads. \u201cI\u2019m willing to subject them all to the scrutiny of unbiased science.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy\u2019s comments \u2014 his first extended remarks since being confirmed last week \u2014 come as Washington reels from firings and funding cuts pursued by the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency. Among the agencies Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/02\/16\/mass-firings-health-agencies-00204570\">has targeted<\/a> are those at HHS, leaving career officials and lawmakers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/02\/16\/mass-firings-health-agencies-00204570\">worried about the impact<\/a> on public health.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy made no mention of the dismissals, only hinted toward his previous comments threatening the jobs of federal agency staff resistant to his reforms. \u201cThose who are unwilling to embrace those kinds of ideas can retire,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that he trusts \u201cthe idealism of most of the people who work at HHS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For years, Kennedy has cast doubt on the safety and efficacy of vaccines and spread misinformation linking vaccines to autism. During his Senate confirmation hearings, he refused to disavow those comments, only promising he would if \u201cshown the data.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He appeared to make the same pledge to HHS employees on Tuesday, not directly referencing his vaccine comments, but asking that they be open minded to his views. In return, he said he would acknowledge that he\u2019s asked \u201ca lot of difficult questions and come to unpopular conclusions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to keep asking questions but hold my preconceived answers lightly. I\u2019m willing to be wrong,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy nevertheless signaled he would prioritize fresh efforts to question long-held health standards to reduce chronic disease, listing the nation\u2019s childhood vaccine schedule as among the formerly \u201ctaboo\u201d areas he planned to scrutinize.<\/p>\n<p>Among the potential contributors to chronic disease he suggested he would direct HHS to investigate anti-depression drugs, ultra-processed foods, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>electromagnetic radiation<\/strong><\/span> and glysophates \u2014 a widely used herbicide found in some foods. The department\u2019s work, he vowed, would be carried out with \u201cradical transparency\u201d saying at multiple points that he also planned to crack down on perceived industry influence and conflicts of interest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will remove conflicts of interest from the committees and research partners whenever possible or balance them with other stakeholders,\u201d Kennedy said. \u201cWe will shut the revolving door.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He wants to pursue his \u201cMake America Healthy Again,\u201d a movement that believes chronic disease is, in part, driven by additives in food and pollution in the environment.<\/p>\n<p>A commission formed by President Donald Trump last week and chaired by Kennedy to look into the causes of chronic disease also referenced childhood obesity and the \u201covermedication\u201d of children being treated for attention-deficit\/hyperactivity disorder.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/02\/18\/kennedy-lays-out-hhs-plan-00204675\">https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/02\/18\/kennedy-lays-out-hhs-plan-00204675<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/health-news\/articles\/2025-02-18\/kennedy-says-panel-will-examine-childhood-vaccine-schedule-after-promising-not-to-change-it\">https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/health-news\/articles\/2025-02-18\/kennedy-says-panel-will-examine-childhood-vaccine-schedule-after-promising-not-to-change-it<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-6pbxrxgur-4\" style=\"max-width:900px;\" class=\"arve\">\n<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n<div style=\"aspect-ratio:500\/281\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.200000%\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &apos;none&apos;;autoplay &apos;none&apos;;bluetooth &apos;none&apos;;browsing-topics &apos;none&apos;;camera &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-read &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-write;display-capture &apos;none&apos;;encrypted-media &apos;none&apos;;gamepad &apos;none&apos;;geolocation &apos;none&apos;;gyroscope &apos;none&apos;;hid &apos;none&apos;;identity-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;idle-detection &apos;none&apos;;keyboard-map &apos;none&apos;;local-fonts;magnetometer &apos;none&apos;;microphone &apos;none&apos;;midi &apos;none&apos;;otp-credentials &apos;none&apos;;payment &apos;none&apos;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &apos;none&apos;;publickey-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;screen-wake-lock &apos;none&apos;;serial &apos;none&apos;;summarizer &apos;none&apos;;sync-xhr;usb &apos;none&apos;;web-share;window-management &apos;none&apos;;xr-spatial-tracking &apos;none&apos;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-6pbxrxgur-4\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/6pbXrXGur-4?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"505.8\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/6pbXrXGur-4?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"\" width=\"900\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/emrabc.ca\\\/?p=19689#arve-youtube-6pbxrxgur-4\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/6pbXrXGur-4?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\"}<\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Nothing \u2026 off limits\u2019: Kennedy lays out plan for U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.<br \/>\nHis first remarks to the department since being confirmed comes as Washington reels from mass firings and funding cuts.<br \/>\nHealth and Human Services Secretary Robert F. 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