Meryl Horn

And yeah, this does raise some big f***ing questions.

Because tons of people take meds with acetaminophen in them when they're pregnant.

Studies find that more than half of pregnant people in the U.S.

take these drugs.

So what's going on here?

Can taking Tylenol when you're pregnant up the chance that your kid will be autistic?

When it comes to Tylenol, a lot of people are like, I have a lot of f***ing questions right now.

But then there's science.

Science Versus will be right back after the break.

Welcome back.

This is Meryl, and today we're diving into this question of whether there's a link between acetaminophen and autism.

With me is senior producer Rose Rimler.

Hey, Rose.

Hey, Meryl.

So, yeah, you may remember that we worked on this whole autism episode a few months ago, right?

Yeah.

And we covered less like what causes autism, why it looks like it's gotten more common in the past few decades.

And while I was working on that, I talked to a scientist who looked at Tylenol or acetaminophen.

So it was kind of perfect because when I saw this was hitting the news, I was like, oh, now I can call that guy back up.

You had this in your back pocket just waiting to go.