RFK Jr.’s junk science will put each American in danger

The worst-case situation for well being within the U.S. is far nearer to actuality this week after President-elect Donald Trump stated he had chosen Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to guide the Division of Well being and Human Providers.

The environmental lawyer, who has courted conspiracies and traded in anti-science, would oversee key well being businesses, together with the Meals and Drug Administration, Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention and the Nationwide Institutes of Well being.

The Senate should give Kennedy its approval (until Trump follows via on a menace to make use of recess appointments to avoid that course of). However the truth that Kennedy has gotten this far is sufficient to wreak havoc on public well being.