The report RFK Jr. buried

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🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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A new report that links increased alcohol consumption to cancer was supposed to help inform the government's new dietary recommendations. Instead, it hasn't been published. This episode was produced by Rebeca Ibarra, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Adriene Lilly, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. testifying before the Senate Finance Committee. Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Let's talk about some of the things that Robert F.
0:05.0	Fluoride Kennedy Jr. has done as the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
0:10.0	Mass layoffs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
0:14.0	We are the sickest country in the world.
0:17.0	That's why we have to fire people at the CDC.
0:19.0	He canceled $500 million in federal funding for MRNA vaccine development.
0:24.6	I see these kids that are just overburdened with mitochondrial challenges, with inflammation.
0:30.6	You can tell from their faces, from their...
0:33.6	And he might be getting petrochemicals out of your food.
0:36.6	40% of the food industry in this country has taken the pledge to remove food dies from all of their foods.
0:43.4	You've probably heard about all of those things.
0:45.3	But on today explained from Vox, we're going to talk about one thing you maybe haven't heard of.
0:50.8	It's something he didn't do, a report he didn't publish. A report, he buried.
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