Australia's political leaders and medical experts have been called on to dispel Donald Trump's unproven link between paracetamol use in pregnancy and autism.

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Flanked by Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US president linked autism to the use of over-the-counter pain medication Tylenol.

Tylenol is an American brand of paracetamol and has the same main ingredient, acetaminophen.

No evidence was provided to back up the claim but the US Food and Drug Administration has moved to change acetaminophen product labels while issuing a letter to physicians to say the decision to take it "still belongs with parents".

Margie Danchin, a clinician

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