Whatever we’re paying him, it’s too much
The NYT published an article reporting that RFK Jr has abandoned most of his responsibilities:
“Mr. Kennedy has shown little interest in managing the details of work in his department, according to multiple colleagues,” Sheryl Gay Stolberg wrote in the article. “Instead, they say, he is single-mindedly focused on his top priorities, including food recommendations and pesticide exposures, and hunting for evidence to support his long-held beliefs that vaccines are harmful.“
Not exactly news. Kennedy’s rebuttal?
“All one needs to refute your argument is to glance at my publicly available calendar and to review my unprecedented list of accomplishments on a wide range of issues, all of which I drove,” Kennedy wrote.”
LOL! His “accomplishments” are (a) the firings and resignations of health research experts at the CDC, FDA and NIH and (b) sowing distrust in scientific expertise while replacing sound science with magical thinking. Whatever we’re paying him, it’s way too much. Unless the job, like in the rest of the Trump administration, is just to create chaos.
RFK Jr creates chaos
“Mr. Kennedy has shown little interest in managing the details of work in his department, according to multiple colleagues,” Sheryl Gay Stolberg wrote in the article. “Instead, they say, he is single-mindedly focused on his top priorities, including food recommendations and pesticide exposures, and hunting for evidence to support his long-held beliefs that vaccines are harmful.“
Not exactly news. Kennedy’s rebuttal?
“All one needs to refute your argument is to glance at my publicly available calendar and to review my unprecedented list of accomplishments on a wide range of issues, all of which I drove,” Kennedy wrote.”
LOL! His “accomplishments” are (a) the firings and resignations of health research experts at the CDC, FDA and NIH and (b) sowing distrust in scientific expertise while replacing sound science with magical thinking. Whatever we’re paying him, it’s way too much. Unless the job, like in the rest of the Trump administration, is just to create chaos.
RFK Jr creates chaos
Meanwhile, Consumer Reports has been doing its job: “Of the 13 products tested for Red Dye No. 40, a petroleum-derived synthetic food coloring, five contained enough in a single serving to exceed the daily safety level for children identified by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA).
Considered more stringent than the FDA when it comes to assessing the risk of food dyes and additives, a 2021 OEHHA assessment found that synthetic food dyes are associated with “adverse neurobehavioral outcomes” in some children.
The researchers cited several products that exceeded safety thresholds by sizable margins, including Hostess’ Donettes Mini Powdered Donuts, which were found to contain 19 times the amount of glycidol considered safe for daily consumption according to California health officials. A serving of Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pies contained over nine times the safety threshold for the same chemical, according to the findings.”
https://www.thenewlede.org/2026/06/food-additives-dyes-health-concerns/
@John,
From your link: “None of the products tested exceeded current guidelines set by the US Food and Drug Administration . . .”