> but due to drug marketing, acetaminophen is touted as the "safe" pain reliever.

Paracetamol's patents have expired long ago and there's not much profit to be made out of it (nowadays it's mostly not being made in the West, but imported from China, unlike profitable medicine).

The reason why it's still used it's that it's much better than the alternatives, despite the risks (it's only risky if you don't respect the doses by the way).