2025-11-10 from ctvnews.ca
PARIS, France -- There is no clear link between pregnant women taking the common painkiller acetaminophen and autism in their children, despite repeated claims otherwise by Donald Trump, according to the most comprehensive review of the existing evidence published Monday.
In September, the U.S. president sparked outrage among the medical community by claiming that acetaminophen -- also known as paracetamol -- was associated with higher rates of autism.
The World Health Organization has emphasized that there is no robust evidence showing that acetaminophen -- which is the main ingredient in massively popular painkillers such as Tylenol and Panadol -- causes autism.
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