UK experts have said Donald Trump’s expected announcement that paracetamol use is ‘linked to autism’ is fearmongering.

The Wall Street Journal reported that US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr is expected to say Tylenol – which is paracetamol in the UK – is a potential cause of autism.

Scientists and academics have since slammed it, with one saying the claim risks stigmatising families who have autistic children as ‘having brought it on themselves’.

The newspaper said a federal report is also expected to recommend a specific type of vitamin folate as a way to treat the disorder.

It comes after Trump said on Saturday: ‘I think we found an answer to autism. I mean, for a little baby to be injected with that much fluid, even beyond the actual ingredients, they have sometimes 80 differ

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