[arista]

Donald Trump 'to link paracetamol use to autism'


[Trump is reportedly expected to claim there
is a link between the use of
paracetamol in pregnancy and the
development of autism - but what does
the evidence say?

Americans consume more than 40% of all the world's
paracetamol, spending in excess of $4bn
a year on products containing acetaminophen
(as it is known in America - or by its leading
brand name, Tylenol).

Autism rates in the US are also on
the rise - going up from about one in
150 children in the year 2000,
to around one in 30 today.

There have also been a number of
well-publicised studies suggesting a correlation
between mothers who took paracetamol
during pregnancy and the birth of a
child with autism or
other neurodevelopmental disorders such as ADHD.

So surely something must be going on?]


https://news.sky.com/story/donald-tr...-says-13436398