What the science says about acetaminophen, pregnant mothers and autism

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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has in recent months teased a September announcement in which he would identify the cause of autism. This week, some close to the Trump administration and one major news outlet suggested Kennedy could point in the direction of acetaminophen use during pregnancy as one possible link.

The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Kennedy was planning to announce a link between autism and Tylenol use by pregnant women, as well as autism and low levels of folate (an essential vitamin that helps the body produce cells), among other potential causes. NBC News has not confirmed that reporting.

Tylenol’s active ingredient is acetaminophen, a drug that is known as an analgesic, which can help with pain relief. Many over-the-counter drugs contain acetaminophen.

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Doctors and researchers have spent decades studying acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, and have broadly found it to be the safest option for pain relief during pregnancy. The bulk of the scientific literature suggests no link between autism and exposure to acetaminophen in the womb.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/science-says-acetaminophen-pregnant-mothers-234506087.html

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1. RFK Jr does his own research

[Walleye]

2. He is not just promoting dangerous theories for the future

By saying this shit, he has laid a heavy guilt trip on every parent of an autistic child. And it’s not their fault. Good God, the humanity

[RockRaven]

3. By (supposesly) reversing the scientific consensus (by government fiat), he is

trying to create fodder for enormous numbers of bogus lawsuits.

Every doctor, every clinic and hospital, every drug manufacturer is a target for him and his likeminded bullshit artist lawyers.

By going after the most widespread treatments (vaccines, acetaminophen) and linking them to lifelong conditions/disabilities, everyone is a potential client and the alleged damages are enormous.

They don't have to have a high success rate to make a good living (or maybe even an obscene fortune) with this nonsense. And juries are fairly easy to bamboozle when it comes to scientific arguments.

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4. Its not as though women don't have enough to worry about without being told

its their own fault their child is autistic.

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5. If this fuck actually cared about cancer and autism,

he’d focus on removing plastic packaging from our food supply. But of course it’s scientists who are warning about plastics, so he probably thinks it’s a hoax.

[TexasBushwhacker]

6. Considering that HALF of all pregnant women take

acetaminophen at some time in their pregnancies, I would think there would be far more children with autism if it was a CAUSE.

The same goes for childhood vaccines. The vast majority of children still get their childhood vaccines. The vast majority are NOT on the autism spectrum. In the U.S., around 3.2%. Now,, boys are 4 times more likely to be on the ASD than girls, so that makes me wonder if it's a recessive gene on the X chromosome, like the genes that cause muscular dystrophy and hemophilia.