Texas is suing Tylenol makers Johnson & Johnson over autism concerns, asserting that the company did not properly warn pregnant mothers of potential risks.

The lawsuit itself cites recent scientific evidence that acetaminophen (the generic name for Tylenol) could be dangerous for unborn children. Despite that, the lawsuit asserts that manufacturers have “deceptively marketed Tylenol as the only safe painkiller for pregnant women, violating the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act, Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 17.41 et seq. (“DTPA”).”

Per the lawsuit:

As mounting scientific evidence linked prenatal and early-childhood exposure to acetaminophen with Autism Spectrum Disorder (“ASD”) and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (“ADHD”), Johnson & Johnson saw a reckoning on

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