Forbes October 12, 2025
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. criticized the media this week for its coverage of statements he made at President Trump’s cabinet meeting on Thursday, in which he linked Tylenol (acetaminophen), given to infant boys after circumcision, to autism. Doubling down a day later, he insisted there is a connection, even adding hypotheses on the supposed causal process. Kennedy’s repeating refuted (or at least disputed) links isn’t a one-off. He has often done this regarding exposure to substances such as acetaminophen, thimerosal and aluminum salts that he thinks are tied to autism.
In the cabinet meeting, Kennedy stated that studies show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism and it’s “highly likely because...
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