The article discusses a significant surge in anti-science legislation across the United States, with over 420 bills targeting established public health protections such as vaccines, milk safety, and fluoride. An Associated Press investigation revealed that this legislation is primarily promoted by individuals linked to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. This organized effort aims to undermine public health safeguards that have developed over the past century. Approximately 30 of these bills have already been enacted in 12 states, reflecting a politically strategic push to incorporate conspiracy-driven ideologies into law. The rise of such anti-science positions poses a threat to the foundational health protections that benefit American society.

