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Unexplainable

Does Tylenol cause autism?

Unexplainable

Vox

Life Sciences, Science, Natural Sciences

4.62.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Donald Trump and RFK Jr. seem convinced that it does. But our friends at Science Vs say the data is far more complicated. Guest: Meryl Horn, senior producer at Science Vs For show transcripts, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vox.com/unxtranscripts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For more, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vox.com/unexplainable⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And please email us! ⁠⁠⁠⁠unexplainable@vox.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ We read every email. Support Unexplainable (and get ad-free episodes) by becoming a Vox Member today: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠vox.com/members⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thank you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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It's unexplainable. I'm Noah Massenfeld.

1:29.8

And by this point, you've probably heard about Trump's Tylenol thoughts.

1:34.4

Don't take Tylenol. Don't take it. If you just can't, I mean, it's a fight like hell not to take it.

1:43.0

Trump and other officials like RFK Jr.,

1:45.3

they seem convinced that Tylenol causes autism,

1:49.3

that it's responsible for the increase in autism diagnoses

1:52.0

we've seen over the past couple decades.

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