RFK Jr.’s FDA Pulls Warning About Fake Autism Treatments
Gizmodo • • health
Key Points:
- Under Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s leadership at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the FDA removed a webpage warning the public about dangerous pseudoscientific autism treatments, including chelation therapy.
- The removed FDA page highlighted the lack of evidence supporting chelation therapy for autism and warned about serious, potentially life-threatening side effects from its improper use.
- HHS claims the removal was part of routine website maintenance, but critics note the autism-specific warning was more current than other related pages that remain online, raising concerns about the motivation behind the removal.
- Kennedy has a history of promoting unproven alternative treatments, including pushing the CDC to revise vaccine-related information to suggest an unsubstantiated autism link and advocating for expanded access
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