The Department of Health and Human Services announced a major agency reorganization Thursday that will shift control of the nation’s toxic health agency and eliminate a quarter of HHS’ staff.
The moves are intended to “streamline” the department’s functions and help implement Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s priority of targeting chronic illnesses “by focusing on safe, wholesome food, clean water and elimination of environmental toxins,” HHS said.
The nation’s toxic health agency will no longer be a part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and instead be moved to a newly created “Administration for a Healthy America,” the department said.
In addition to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, HHS is also moving the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health into the new Administration for a Healthy America.
