It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a Chemtrail? New Conspiracy Theory Takes Wing at Kennedy’s HHS By Stephanie Armour October 16, 2025

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/chemtrails-conspiracy-fringe-theory-maha-kennedy-hhs/ The ideas that airplane vapors are toxic to people and that there are ongoing efforts to intentionally change the climate have long made the social media rounds. Now, they have found advocates at the Department of Health and Human Services. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to investigate climate and weather control and is expected to create a task force that will recommend possible federal action, according to a former agency official, an internal agency memo obtained by KFF Health News, and a consultant who helped with the memo. Under President Donald Trump, unscientific ideas have unusual power to take hold and shape public health policy.