Anti-vaccine advocate Robert F Kennedy Jr responded to recent data on the rise in teen mental health issues by blaming aluminum in the HPV vaccine
•The Gardasil vaccine contains 500 mcg - or 0.5 mg - of a form of aluminum
•Aluminum has been linked to Alzheimer's in some studies, but others have found no such connection
•Very high levels of aluminum exposure may raise depression risks, bur research is mixed
•The average adult eats an average of seven to nine mg of aluminum a day
•Experiments have found that aluminum in shots and diets has no significant effect on the metal's burden on babies

Robert F Kennedy Jr is fanning the flames of the anti-vaxxer movement with a recent tweet suggesting 'neurotoxins' in the HPV vaccine are making American teens mentally ill.

Kennedy, an environmental attorney, author, and self-styled activist retweeted a CBS article about rising rates of teen depression and anxiety in the US.

In last week's tweet, Kennedy - who holds two law degrees, but none in science - asked, 'what are we doing to our children?

'Shouldn't we ask whether these [mental health] trends are associated with the neurotoxic aluminum we are giving young teens in Gardasil #vaccine?'

Ingestion and injection are processed in the body differently, and also handled differently in the very young. By the end of this year, the court case will be over, and the evidence presented and officially on public record for HPV is going to be overwhelmingly damning.

The answer to his question is 'no,' according to science, but the tweet has generated ire from the medical community and support from anti-vaxxers.

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