Medical Journal Rejects RFK Jr.’s Call to Retract Paper

The study looked for links between exposure to aluminum and 50 disorders, including autism spectrum disorder.
Medical Journal Rejects RFK Jr.’s Call to Retract Paper
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Washington in an undated file photograph. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
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A medical journal is declining a call from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to retract a study that authors said showed no association between aluminum, which is used as an adjuvant in many vaccines, and chronic diseases.

The journal Annals of Internal Medicine released the study on July 15.