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As expected, few people are buying the statement of President Donald Trump that Acetaminophen, also known by the Tylenol brand, causes autism.
Medical experts, health agencies and nations around the world are rejecting the main conclusion achieved by Trump’s department of health and human services earlier this week, that women who take acetaminofén during pregnancy clearly increase the risk of their children developing autism. Just this morning, the World Health Organization became the last formally and offers a firm refutation.
“An extensive research has been carried out in the last decade, including large -scale studies, which seek links between the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy and autism. At this time, a consistent association has not been established,” noted In your statement.
Only in the corner
The countries began to distance themselves from the USA.
The United Kingdom Health and Health Products Regulatory Agency (its version of the United States Food and Food Administration) issued A statement previously that Monday reassured its residents that there was no conclusive evidence of a causal link between autism and the use of paracetamol.
Health regulators and medical organizations, particularly gynecological groups, in other countries have made the same feeling, including Australia, South Africaand all European Union.
Online, some people were perplexed Realizing that Trump referred to a drug known as Paracetamol, the common name for acetaminophen used almost everywhere, except the United States and Canada.
Only to explain how wild this is for Europeans, Australians, South Asians and South Africans. He is talking about Paracetamol. https://t.co/alrjtjwjp
– Del (@Thecarteldel) September 22, 2025
Of course, there has also been a lot of local resistance. He Coalition of autism scientistshe American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologistsand the Autism Society of America Some of the groups strongly opposed the scapegoat of Trump’s acetaminofén, while the American Academy of Pediatrics He also called the continuous attempts of his and RFK Jr. to blame vaccines for autism during the White House announcement.
Real damage
Unfortunately, so reassuring and cathartic that this could be, it is likely that Trump’s announcement will have a negative impact on women’s health.
As part of Trump’s plan, the FDA has the task of formally attaching a security label to acetaminophen products warning about its supposed risk of autism, while HHS will waste resources in a public health campaign. Therefore, it is likely that at least some expectant mothers now give up taking the drug when they experience pain and fever.
As Trump himself pointed out during the announcement, there are no other alternative free sale analgesics for women that women carry during pregnancy. These symptoms are not just a nuisance; Experts point out that the fever and pain not treated by a mother can be absolutely dangerous to fetal health, and fever in particular can even increase The risk of future neurodevelopment disorders such as autism.
Fortunately, most of the world can ignore Trump’s advice on Tylenol, but could cause real damage to women in the United States who decide to follow him.
