The U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary made half-true or false statements about fluoride in public drinking water, Alzheimer’s disease, autism and puberty during his visit to Oklahoma.

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In a brief speech, Kennedy blamed unhealthy food for a growing epidemic of chronic health conditions in the United States and talked about dwindling sperm counts in American teenage boys and rising rates of autism. But he did not repeat past claims that fluoride in public drinking water is making Americans “stupider” or that autism is caused by an “environmental toxin.”

We reviewed scientific studies and government reports to fact-check some of Kennedy’s claims.

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