(Fortune) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been a vaccine skeptic, sometimes a conspiracy theorist, and he might just be a part of president-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet. In August, Kennedy suspended his presidential campaign and endorsed Trump; that same month, when asked, Trump said he’d “probably” give him a job. “He’s a brilliant guy. He’s a very smart guy. I’ve known him for a very long time,” Trump said at the time.
He continued: “If you work for the FDA and are part of this corrupt system, I have two messages for you: 1. Preserve your records, and 2. Pack your bags.”
In an interview Wednesday, Kennedy continued his attack. He said there were entire departments in the FDA “that have to go, that are not doing their job.”
The Food and Drug Administration has been around since 1906, though under different names at times before officially becoming the FDA in 1930. Recently, Kennedy said Trump has asked him to do three things: First, “clean up the corruption in our government health agencies”; second, “return those agencies to their rich tradition of gold-standard, evidence-based science”; and third, “Make America Healthy Again by ending the chronic disease epidemic.” Apparently that means potentially removing fluoride from water, banning pharmaceutical advertising, and getting toxins out of foods, if Kennedy has his way.
