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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “Regulatory agencies become captured by the industries…”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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Published | Video Starts at 01:42

A lot of people have suggested to me. But then there's also the regulatory agencies are collaborators in that paradigm and you can easily see why, because they become, Regulatory agencies become captured by the industries they're supposed to regulate and essentially become sock puppets for those industries. And what they're doing is they end up promoting the mercantile interests of those companies rather than the public health. And they drift away from their core mission. (01:42–02:01)

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Asserts that regulatory agencies are influenced by the industries they regulate, compromising public health.

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