Experts slam Trump's 'false and dangerous' claims linking paracetamol in pregnancy to autism
President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, in Washington, as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, left, and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Dr Mehmet Oz listen. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Doctors, scientists and autistic people in Ireland and globally have criticised US president Donald Trump’s unfounded claims that paracetamol causes autismin children.
Mr Trump claimed that pregnant women should limit their use of acetaminophen — usually branded as Tylenol in the US or paracetamol elsewhere — because it increases the risk of autism in children.
