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> National Cancer Institute Employees Can't Publish Information on These Topics Without Special Approval

The topics are:

Cancer Moonshot, NCI budget, COVID-19, Vaccines, H5N1/bird flu, Opioids, Marijuana, Dietary guidelines/ultra-processed foods, Obesity, Stem cell or fetal tissue research, Abortion, Autism, Peanut allergies, Fluoride, Measles, Diversity/equity efforts, Gender ideology, Environmental justice, Discussion of federal policies, Topics of federal investigations, Issues concerning pending legislation, Topics that have received recent attention from Congress, Topics that have received widespread or critical media attention



It has been noted in some circles that by the time you get to the end of that list, you've arguably included damn near everything.


The last item, "Topics that have received widespread or critical media attention", might as well include everything RFK mentions.


Peanut allergies?


> Peanut allergies?

Yes. The article has an image of an internal memo with the list, if you believe ProPublica.

FactCheck.org checked [1] a speech from RFK in which he (at timestamp 1:05:53 of [2]) attributed some "autoimmune diseases, neurological diseases, obesity, peanut allergies, food allergies" to some toxin that humans use in food production or as a flame retardant. (He also threw in cellphone radiation.)

[1] https://www.factcheck.org/2024/08/rfk-jr-s-exaggerations-on-...

[2] [video] 2024 Presidential Policy Perspectives with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUMhLMGs_2o




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