Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and others have tried to blame vaccines for the increases in autism in the United States and around the world.
It has been documented that improvements in diagnosis have certainly increased the numbers. But there is no proof connecting vaccines to the problem. However, people who are struggling to understand why their family member has been diagnosed with the condition grasp at fallacies.
Perhaps (it is worth studying) the abundance of plastics in our environment since World War II. Almost all the food we eat is contaminated by contact with some form of plastic. Not only food, but most medications, beauty products and household cleaners come in plastic containers.
It is throughout our houses, furniture, electronics and vehicles. Water runs through plastic pipes. Babies drink milk out of plastic bottles and cups. Our clothes contain polyester. We breathe in fumes from plastics. Plastic is virtually impossible to avoid. Right now my fingers are typing this on a plastic keyboard.
Where does plastic come from? Most of it is derived from petroleum and natural gas. Our current administration is shutting down research at universities and around the country. The petroleum industry lobbies very hard. Think about it, please.
Roberta Mundschau, Waukesha
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