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,...
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If we actually had a media in this country instead of an arm of big pharma, they would have this as their top story
The plaintiffs lawyers are all over this, don’t worry.
There’s going to be a lot of autistic babies from liberal women in the next 3-9 months.
they will just kill them ...
good point
Even medicine has become hopelessly politicized. The mainstream outlets will not touch this story since ideology now matters more than truth.
Bkmk
Yep! These bitches will off the kid if there’s even an inkling of a chance they aren’t perfect.
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Bkmk
Why risk your child health? While pregnant just suffer the headache.
Bkmk
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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.
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