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SCOOP: Tylenol Maker Privately Admitted Evidence Was Getting ‘Heavy’ For Autism Risk In 2018
Daily Caller ^ | September 26, 2025 10:46 AM ET | Emily Kopp

Posted on 09/27/2025 2:00:40 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

The pharmaceutical company behind Tylenol privately acknowledged the likelihood of an association between its drug in pregnancy and neurodevelopmental disorders like autism in children seven years ago, company documents obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation show.

“The weight of the evidence is starting to feel heavy to me,” said Rachel Weinstein, U.S. director of epidemiology for Janssen, the pharmaceutical arm of Johnson & Johnson, in 2018. Johnson & Johnson marketed Tylenol at the time but in 2023 spun off its consumer products division into a separate company called Kenvue.

Legacy media headlines and vocal public health experts have dismissed the conclusion of President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that Tylenol taken in pregnancy and early infancy has driven rises in autism. But one stakeholder has for years viewed the evidence as credible enough to act upon, at least privately: The makers of Tylenol.

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The DCNF obtained the company documents from the law firm Keller Postman LLC, which brought a class action lawsuit against Kenvue in the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York.

To be sure, much of the highly-cited research on autism spectrum disorder emphasizes genetic rather than environmental drivers. The scientific community continues to debate its causes, with many scientists agreeing that multiple factors may be at play.

The company’s FAQ webpage says that “acetaminophen is an active ingredient in all TYLENOL® products and in more than 600 other over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription medicines.”

A decade before Weinstein’s email, in 2008, Johnson & Johnson began receiving queries from consumers and physicians about a possible link,...

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycallernewsfoundation.org ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: autism; rfkooky; risk; tylenol

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1 posted on 09/27/2025 2:00:40 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

If we actually had a media in this country instead of an arm of big pharma, they would have this as their top story


2 posted on 09/27/2025 2:02:18 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Sarah Barracuda

The plaintiffs lawyers are all over this, don’t worry.


3 posted on 09/27/2025 2:06:21 PM PDT by maro (MAGA!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

There’s going to be a lot of autistic babies from liberal women in the next 3-9 months.


4 posted on 09/27/2025 2:08:18 PM PDT by Gary from Dayton (Army Vet 1986-1991 unburdened by what I was burdened by before.)
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To: Gary from Dayton

they will just kill them ...


5 posted on 09/27/2025 2:12:27 PM PDT by bankwalker (Feminists, like all Marxists, are ungrateful parasites.)
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To: bankwalker

good point


6 posted on 09/27/2025 2:15:51 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Even medicine has become hopelessly politicized. The mainstream outlets will not touch this story since ideology now matters more than truth.


7 posted on 09/27/2025 2:16:46 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Bkmk


8 posted on 09/27/2025 2:37:53 PM PDT by kelly4c
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To: bankwalker

Yep! These bitches will off the kid if there’s even an inkling of a chance they aren’t perfect.


9 posted on 09/27/2025 2:38:19 PM PDT by albie
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bookmark


10 posted on 09/27/2025 2:39:32 PM PDT by freds6girlies (many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first. Mt. 19:30. R.I.P. G & J)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Bkmk


11 posted on 09/27/2025 2:56:29 PM PDT by kelly4c
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To: kelly4c

Why risk your child health? While pregnant just suffer the headache.


12 posted on 09/27/2025 2:59:59 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (. War is Hell, War IS a Crime.)
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Bkmk

To ALL : Donations needed—DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?


13 posted on 09/27/2025 3:50:22 PM PDT by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

https://govfacts.org/federal/hhs/rfk-jr-tylenol-autism-report-what-the-science-shows/


14 posted on 09/27/2025 8:45:21 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This is well-worth a read:

https://indiaautismcenter.org/blog/what-causes-autism/


15 posted on 09/27/2025 8:49:07 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
I look forward to finding out exactly what Autism is and the exact chain of bio-chemical events that cause it.

Unfortunately, those two medical science topics will never be discussed in the many multi-billion dollar law suits that will be briefly litigated over the next ten years.

16 posted on 09/28/2025 7:02:11 AM PDT by zeestephen (Trump Landslide? Kamala lost the election by 230,000 votes, in WI, MI, and PA.)
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