ACSH Science Dispatch
ACSH Science Dispatch
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Another Autism Scare? Breaking Down the Tylenol Hype
15 minutes Posted Oct 14, 2025 at 3:50 pm.
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Last month, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. launched a new wave of hysteria by announcing that Tylenol could be linked to autism. The result was a predictable partisan squabble with both sides lining up behind their preferred studies and experts. Let's put aside the partisanship and try to make sense of the competing scientific claims.