Trump attacks paracetamol as officials unveil highly contentious conclusions on autism
US president Donald Trump with health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. File picture: AP Photo/Alex Brandon
The Trump administration unveiled highly contentious conclusions about the causes of autism, together with a push for research purporting to find a possible “cure” for the condition on Monday.
After months of widely trumpeted investigations spearheaded by US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, Donald Trump announced that pregnant women should limit their use of acetaminophen, usually branded as Tylenol in the US or paracetamol elsewhere, which he claimed heightens the risk of autism in children when it is used by pregnant women, an assertion hotly contested by scientists internationally and contradicted by studies.
