WASHINGTON (Gray News) - Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed Thursday in a cabinet meeting that there may be a link between circumcision and autism.

The health secretary stated that it was due to the administration of Tylenol to infants following 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 is quoted by the New York Post as telling President Donald Trump in Thursday’s meeting.

FILE -- Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill. (Mark Schiefelbein | AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

According to The Associated Press , Kennedy appears to be referring to a study in the

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