RFK: Food Dyes Are Reducing Teenage Sperm Counts

April 23, 2025 Science, Trump Administration

The Daily Beast reports:

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is worried about testosterone levels in American teens. The health secretary expressed concern about declining testosterone levels among teenagers as he spoke to Fox News on Tuesday night about a newly announced initiative to phase out eight artificial food dyes.

“Seventy-four percent of our kids cannot qualify for military service,” he said. “We have fertility rates that are just spiraling. A teenager today—an American teenager—has less testosterone than a 68-year-old man. Sperm counts are down 50 percent.”

“Testosterone levels have dropped 50 percent from historic levels,” Kennedy said. “That is a problem, and it’s an existential problem.”

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