Brett Wilkins is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
Public health experts reacted with alarm Wednesday to reports that former President Donald Trump promised anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. control over federal agencies including the Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Agriculture should the Republican nominee defeat Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in next week's election.
' Kennedy said control of these agencies 'is key to making America healthy, because we've got to get off of seed oils, and we've got to get off of pesticide-intensive agriculture.' Despite his stated interest in tackling major public health issues including government corruption and Big Pharma greed, experts warned that, as Columbia University molecular biologist Lucky Tran said earlier this week: 'RFK Jr is an anti-vaxxer and conspiracy theorist.
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