I'm not sure he is fringe in the environmental movement, and from talking to my colleague in environmental law his views of vaccines are not accepted by environmentalists generally. He might be sui generis rather than an example. Doesn't mean there isn't a fringe, though.
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Here's the thing. Kennedy's antivax is a subset of the sort of pseudoscience that comes from parts of the environmental movement. Is anti-GMO accepted by the environmental movement? It sure seems to be, to a large extent. Yet anti-GMO its just as much pseudoscience as antivax.
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I’m shocked a first world country has “naturopathic” doctors even up to being licenced and endorsed by government.
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Since large parts of the environmental movement is based upon pseudoscience, naturalistic fallacies, and too much privilege to unpack*, it's understandable that there's overlap and attraction between cranks.
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* Greenpeace activists flying to other countries, staying in resort class hotels telling people with food insecurity that agri-tech is bad while engaging in poverty tourism.
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