A major study published last year found no association between acetaminophen, an ingredient in Tylenol, and autism or ADHD when controlling for familial factors.
Tylenol has long been the drug of choice for safely treating pain and fever during pregnancy. But it appears the Make America Healthy Again movement may be about to call this common wisdom into question.
Last week, sources told the Wall Street Journal that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to announce Tylenol use in pregnancy as a potential cause of autism – a disorder that’s long been a fixation for the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary.
An HHS spokesperson dismissed the news as “speculation.” But days later, the Atlantic reported that Mr. Kennedy is actively consulting with a fringe researcher who blames autism o