Lead toxin is everywhere in the United States and its cost to the healthcare of America is > 11 billion to 53 billion dollars. That's a lot of sick people (e.g. ADHD, Cancer, behavior problems, low IQ, increased premature births, low birth weight et cetera). RFK Jr. is worried about fluoride in our water supply when he should be worried about Lead in the pipes for our water supply...in 6 to 10 million water lines in America (urban communities, suburban communities, and rural communities). Trump killed the bill (refuse to sign it) when it came across his desk that would remove lead from our water supply...he did that in his first term as President. Just as bad, lead toxin is still put in everyday consumer products in the United States: Paint: Lead was used in paint to make it last longer, hide surfaces, and add color. Homes built before 1978 likely contain lead-based paint...most are exempt from lead removal. Toys: Toys made of tin, brass, or pewter alloys, as well as imported, antique, or recalled toys may contain lead. Jewelry: Children's jewelry and other jewelry may contain lead. Ceramics: Lead-glazed ceramics, china, and leaded crystal may contain lead. Food: Imported candies or foods, and aluminum cookware typically contain lead. Also, it's often not listed on the ingredient label for cookware. Cosmetics: Some cosmetics may contain lead. Folk medicines: Some folk medicines, such as Ba-baw-san, Greta, Azarcon, Ghasard, and Kajal, may contain lead. Plumbing materials: Pipes and plumbing materials may contain lead. Batteries: Car batteries may contain lead. Ammunition: Ammunition may contain lead (NATO rifles). Luckily, our military has banned lead from its ammunition. In contrast, the civilian consumer still has lead in the above consumer products. wrbtrader
A big part of the reason I started to make copper ammo as a ranger, way back before it was cool, was I saw xrays showing lead diffused through meat from standard rounds, ones you would not think would fragment a lot. It made me uncomfortable about eating wild venison: kudu, antelope, oryx, and springbok etc. in the beer house restaurants. Though lighter, the monolithic copper have better anti-materielle properties too.
I hunt too. Lead ammo is also dangerous because it "fragments" into tiny pieces in wild game and then it breaks down (diffuses) into the meat and blood in the cooking process... It's dangerous to consume that wild game. Park Ranger or Army Ranger? wrbtrader
Park though not necessarily tied to a specific one as an anti-poaching ranger. I worked with wildlife and military guys in several countries, breaking things and assembling evidence and cases. Lots of training guys.
The main problem I have with RFK Jr. is that he's focused on the wrong healthcare issues, which he believes will increase his popularity in the political arena. Instead, he should concentrate on America's real healthcare problems for the past twenty years, which still rank as the top healthcare problems today in the United States. I am a citizen of three different countries (Canada, France, and the United States) but during my life because of the military...I've lived in other countries too (e.g. South Korea) as a civilian. Everyone in my immediate family are citizens of the same country to ensure they have the same opportunities as I did especially when shit happens to their health. My primary residence is in Canada although I own homes in the above-mentioned countries except for South Korea. My spouse and I selected Canada the year before I exited the U.S. military (Army) as a Captain. She stayed in the U.S. military (Army) for a few more years until she reached the rank of Major. Healthcare was the biggest reason for not making our primary residence in the United States while the growing violence in the U.S. was another big concern considering my spouse and I have seen enough violence in the military. The year our home was being built in Canada...healthcare in Canada was ranked in the top 15 for Healthcare in the world. France was ranked a below Canada but above the United States ...the United States was not in the top 50. Today in 2024, as the image below shows...Canada is no longer in the top 15. Canada is now ranked #32. France has moved up to #20. The United States has declined to #69. Concerning because the U.S. believes (falsely) that it has one of the best healthcare systems in the world. By the way, most of the countries that rank higher than the United States have a social or universal healthcare system. My spouse and I also looked at healthcare in the South of the United States considering we both have roots in the South of the United States. We were shocked to learn the South has the worst healthcare and negative outcomes in the United States. Simply, we then decided that we would not build a home in the South as a 2nd home (vacation home). States With the Best Healthcare Systems Massachusetts Hawaii New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont States With the Worst-Rated Healthcare Systems Arkansas Texas Oklahoma West Virginia Mississippi Another criterion was the military (VA Healthcare system) as our primary healthcare when in the United States. In many ways, the VA is one of the biggest social welfare system in the United States for taking care of those that served our country. This is a critical criterion because one of the flaws with social or universal healthcare is travel healthcare. Our family travels internationally...a lot. Both Canada and France have poor international healthcare coverage for citizens who are sick or injured abroad in another country except for extreme emergencies in which they both will then medivac a citizen back to Canada or France for medical treatment. The above situation played out in 2016 when I contracted a deadly respiratory illness and lapsed into a coma while on vacation at our home in France (my spouse was still in the U.S. military at that time...no longer active duty but finishing up in the Reserves). The decision was made that when I became more stable while on life support...I was medivac back to Quebec, Canada instead of to the VA Hospital (Walter Reed) in the United States primarily because of language & education concerns. Most people on my spouse's side of the family did not speak English and my kids were already enrolled in school in France when I became ill. More importantly, it was much easier for them to transfer from the education system in France to Quebec versus France to the United States. Another issue, medical/healthcare costs are grossly expensive in the United States except for the VA Healthcare system. In addition, the family wanted to keep the travel costs low for family and relatives in the States. In contrast, my rehab recovery was a different story...1/2 at a hospital in Quebec, Canada, and the other 1/2 at Walter Reed Medical Center in the United States...both were free and excellent. I have three siblings...all of them work in the medical profession...Doctor in South Dakota, a Head nurse in Illinois, and an EMT in Kentucky. All were at my side in France, several military buddies from the States, and two South Korean military buddies. They saw firsthand the medical care I received when I was in a coma. They believe I would not have survived had I been hospitalized in the United States and my recovery (rehab) would have been costly in comparison to Canada and France. The above is the healthcare system comparison. Another important issue for living abroad was the cost of living to stay healthy. There are many banned products in Canada's and France's food systems that are not banned in the United States...we're very concerned about banned substances in Canada and France that are allowed in the U.S. food system. In addition, the marketing of foods is better monitored for deceptive practices in Canada and France. Also, Canada and France have more organic and non-GMO foods than the United States. Further, better treatment of migrant and immigrant workers on farms in Canada and the United States in comparison to the United States. Another issue for living abroad that has become a great concern the recent years although not a concern when we first moved abroad...the United States water supply system. The water supply system in the U.S. is very problematic in comparison to Canada and France involving Lead toxins. Just as bad, the United States has a big concern that citizens are more likely to be less concerned about bacteria and viruses that they can not see versus how citizens views the same bacteria and viruses in other countries...health crisis from disease breakouts is much more politicized in the United States. This issue typically plays out in Epidemics and Pandemics when citizens prevents the healthcare system from giving them proper healthcare. RFK Jr. will have a big problem with fixing the healthcare system in the United States if he concentrates on the wrong issues that have been causing cancers, kidney diseases, cardiovascular diseases, pregnancy negative outcomes disparities in ethnicity for the past 20 years et cetera especially if he's not able to raise the overall healthcare standard in U.S. hospitals UP to the level of the VA Healthcare System or UP to the level of the 68 countries ranked above the United States in healthcare. Please, no more Canada and the United States comparisons of which country is better...just talk to someone who has citizenship in different countries while raising a family. My relatives and friends in the United States have more diseases and worse outcomes from diseases in the United States than those in Canada or France...end of story. wrbtrader
It is interesting that Mitch McConnell is a polio survivor. I did not know this. Polio Survivor Mitch McConnell Slams RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vaccine Plans The Kentucky Republican spoke out following reports that an attorney for Kennedy is pushing to rescind FDA approval of the polio vaccine. https://www.thedailybeast.com/polio-survivor-mitch-mcconnell-slams-rfk-jrs-anti-vaccine-plans/
The Reality -- Kennedy wants to kill Americans in a wholesale manner. 'Quite the opposite': GOP's 'Make America Healthy' promise torn apart in fact-check https://www.rawstory.com/make-america-healthy-again-rfk/
Insiders at RFK Jr.-led environmental group have a question for him: How did he spend $67 million of the group's money? At RFK Jr.-Led Environmental Group, Insiders Questioned How He Spent $67 Million Kennedy sent millions to the Bahamas. Did it help a billionaire pal? https://www.motherjones.com/politic...jr-waterkeeper-alliance-nygard-bacon-bahamas/
Let's see how much RFK Jr. grifted off of his anti-vax scam which he claimed he never took a cent from. RFK Jr. Secretly Got Rich Off of “Public Health” Efforts Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vax nonprofit turns out to be just another scam. https://newrepublic.com/post/190262/robert-f-kennedy-jr-anti-vax-nonprofit-money Robert F. Kennedy Jr. failed to report making hundreds of thousands of dollars off his anti-vaccine nonprofit, which he claimed he never took a cent from, The Daily Beast reported Wednesday. The failed presidential candidate and Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services owned up to an “inadvertent error” in his financial disclosure forms that concealed the actual amount he was raking in from the Children’s Health Fund, a 501 nonprofit founded in 2007 under the name World Mercury Project. The group pushes long-debunked misinformation linking vaccines to autism. Tax filings for the group initially showed that Kennedy had made $510,000 in 2022, and $326,000 for his 15 weeks of work in 2023. But in a corrected filing last month, he revealed he’d actually made $836,571.25 in 2022. In the filing, Kennedy claimed he’d mistakenly reported the net pay received, as opposed to gross wages. When the Beast asked Trump’s transition team about the filing, an official said, “Bobby’s (personal financial disclosure) amounts were reported incorrectly.” Trump transition spokeswoman Katie Miller confirmed that there had been an “oversight in the preparation of the PFD.” Kennedy repeatedly claimed that he wasn’t making money off the group—in fact, he called it the “opposite of a profit motive” during an appearance on InfoWars in 2021, adding that his involvement with the group had damaged relationships with those in his family. In 2017, he told Tucker Carlson, “I’m getting unpaid for this.” However, that couldn’t be further from the truth. Between 2017 and 2023, Kennedy earned $2.2 million, according to the group’s federal tax filings. Kennedy had served as chairman and chief litigation counsel for the Children’s Health Fund since 2015, and in April 2023, he announced that he was going “on leave” to conduct his ultimately unsuccessful run as an independent candidate for president.
No morals. And continually spreads bullshiat in an attempt to kill people on a massive scale. Sure, let's appoint this clown to a Cabinet position. This is Trump world. RFK Jr told his second wife it was her fault he cheated on her 37 times in new recordings https://www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-told-second-wife-014738987.html