What to know about RFK Jr.’s plan to research autism

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  Good morning, it's Thursday, April 17th.

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  I'm Gideon Resnick in Fushimi, Tabasu.

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  This is Apple News Today.

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  On today's show, how a group of Democratic governors are navigating Trump's second term,

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  the legal hurdles facing a U.S. hostage freed from Russia,

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  and why Paris is breathing easier these days.

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  But first,

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  Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is making research into autism one of his major initiatives.

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  But he's also making proclamations about the disorder that scientists who study autism say is in direct contradiction to the research.

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  We know it's an environmental exposure.

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  It has to be, genes do not cause epidemics, they can provide a vulnerability, you need an environmental toxin.

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  Scientists say genetic factors play a critical role in whether a child will develop autism,

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  though they acknowledge that not every case can be explained by genetics alone.

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  Kennedy says

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  that the HHS will launch a new series of studies to look at whether autism can possibly be connected to things like mold,

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  pesticides, as well as certain medications and even food.

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  And he's promised to move quickly.

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  We're going to follow the science no matter what it says.

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  And we are, we will have some of the answers by September.

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  Kennedy made those comments at a press conference yesterday.

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