WASHINGTON, D.C. (LOOTPRESS) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sparked controversy Thursday after suggesting during a cabinet meeting that infant circumcision may be linked to higher autism rates — a connection he attributed to the use of Tylenol given to newborns after the procedure.

“There are two studies which show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they were given Tylenol,” Kennedy reportedly told President Donald Trump during the meeting, according to The New York Post.

Kennedy appeared to reference a 2015 study published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, which examined the relationship between ritual circumcision and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in boys under 10. The researchers found that circumcise

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