RFK Jr sensationally reveals five 'toxins' in everyday goods that could be causing autism epidemic

Health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has revealed the list of 'toxins' he says could be driving a surge in autism across the US.

Kennedy said he would commission a series of studies into whether mold, pesticides, food chemicals or medicines are contributing to the development of the condition.

He also suggested rates starting spiking in the 1980s, when ultrasound technology became more mainsteam.

He even suggested someone may be 'profiting' from the epidemic, an apparent nod to his vaccine skepticism and crusade against artificial food ingredients.

It comes after a Tuesday CDC report found the number of children with autism rose to one in 31 in 2022, up from one in 36 in 2020 and one in 44 in 2018.

By comparison, early studies from the 1960s and 70s estimated autism rates to be as low as 1 in 5,000.

Most researchers say the trend can likely be attributed to better screening and awareness — but Kennedy said that only accounts for '10 to 20 percent' of cases.

'Doctors and therapists in the past weren't stupid. They weren't missing all these cases,' RFK Jr told a press conference today.

He also dismissed the idea that autism rates are being fueled by genetic factors, saying, 'genes do not cause epidemics,' and adding that 'it must be triggered or caused by environmental or risk factors.'