Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - extremely worrisome...

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"The same mitochondrial disorder that causes diabetes is also causing the epidemic of Alzheimer's in this country, which is now classified as diabetes. And it's costing this country more than our military budget every year. It is a crisis that 77% of our kids are too disabled to serve in the United States military.
In my generation, the odds and rate of autism were about one in 10,000. And in my kid's generation, one in every 34 children. In the state of California where I live, it's one in 22. And by the way, there has been no change in diagnosis, which is the industry alibi. Study after study, there's been no change in screening either.
Study after study shows that this is a change in incidence. We are in the midst of an epidemic. Why are we allowing this to happen to our children? These are the most precious assets that we have in this country. How can we let this happen to them? How can we call ourselves a moral nation? The exemplary democracy in the world if we are treating our children like this.
About 18% of American teens now have fatty liver disease. That disease, when I was a boy, only affected late stage alcoholics who were elderly. Cancer rates are skyrocketing in the young and old. Young and old cancers are up to 79% and one in four American women is on antidepressant medication.
40% of teens have a mental health diagnosis. 15% of high schoolers are on Adderall. And half a million American children are on SSRIs. No other country has anything like this."

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