Acetaminophen use during pregnancy is not likely to raise the risk of having a child with autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability, according to a new study published Friday.

Researchers across Europe reexamined evidence from multiple studies investigating the link between these conditions and the use of paracetamol — called acetaminophen in the United States — and found that these purported associations fell apart after controlling for confounding factors.

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[–] 113 points 6 months ago (6 children)

Doesn’t matter what studies say. The US is controlled by rumors and fake news now.

The only thing that matters to the people in charge is constant misinformation and distrust.

It actually helps their cause that there is a new study now - according to their disinformation machine this is just another “opinion” and proves their point.

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  • [–] 27 points 6 months ago

    The lie makes its way around the world before the truth has even put its shoes on. Lies are easy to make up. It takes ages to do studies and data reviews to gather evidence. It's sad that this needed to be done to counter bullshit. The MMR vaccine lies still won't go away after decades of disproving.

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  • [–] 20 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    "One last thing," said Beatty. "At least once in his career, every fireman gets an itch. What do the books say, he wonders. Oh, to scratch that itch, eh? Well, Montag, take my word for it, I've had to read a few in my time, to know what I was about, and the books say nothing! Nothing you can teach or believe. They're about nonexistent people, figments of imagination, if they're fiction. And if they're nonfiction, it's worse, one professor calling another an idiot, one philosopher screaming down another's gullet. All of them running about, putting out the stars and extinguishing the sun. You come away lost."

    Captain Beattys all.

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago

    Yeah, people have to understand that right-wing politics considers science merely a tool to accumulate wealth and power. Thus right-wingers will not acknowledge that science pursues scientific truth, but rather insist that science that contradicts them must be a challenge to their interests that aims to embolden their political opponents and thus must be expunged.

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    [–] 50 points 6 months ago

    No shit.

    No fucking shit.

    Goddamn I hate this fucking regime

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  • [–] 37 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    It never did, RFK just used his position to supercharge the myth and lower share prices long enough for Kimberly-Clark to acquire Kenvue.

    https://web.archive.org/web/20251104021100/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/business/kimberly-clark-kenvue.html

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    [–] 28 points 6 months ago

    In a sane world, you should be able to prosecute RFK for making or repeating lies. They would claim a defence that they were misinformed and not an expert in the field.

    The precidence that needs to be set is that if you are appointed to a position of responsibility you are then automatically considered qualified in that field for the purpose of law.

    Its either that, or break out the guillotines

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  • [–] 27 points 6 months ago*

    It's a shame how the wretched US-regime has completely destroyed even such important organizations as the CDC. I recently talked about this with some old friends: All of them are specialists or senior physicians in hospitals in Switzerland, Germany, and Spain—and they all agreed: The CDC can no longer be taken seriously, as virtually all competent medical professionals have been dismissed. This is a huge loss that is costing many lives, and not just in the US.

    And why all this? Just because of the blatant idiocy of this corrupt regime, which acts beyond all reason. Their actions are truly a crime against the whole world.

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  • [–] 23 points 6 months ago

    Don't bother me with facts, my mind's made up. --RFK,Jr.

    And frankly, all of MAGA, about EVERYTHING.

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  • [–] 20 points 6 months ago*

    Well duh.

    (not against the post or research, just against people propagating the misinformation)

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  • [–] 18 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Did anyone believe it was ever linked to autism? I saw it as Trump buying a shitload of Tylenol shares and then doing his political dystopic dance to manipulate the stock market (yet again) and rake in more cash.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    In your mind he bought Tylenol shares, then tanked the value of those shares, then profit? I think in this case what is more likely is because RFK claimed he would find the cause for autism they had to find a scape goat.

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  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago

    Kimberly-Clark acquired Tylenol's parent company (Kenvue) during its dip in value around November last year:

    https://www.npr.org/2025/11/04/nx-s1-5596209/kimberly-clark-to-acquire-tylenols-parent-company-in-nearly-49b-deal

    I was suspicious Kimberly-Clark could have some ownership that meant someone Trump knew got money. But I never saw that reported and Trump hasn't shut up.

    So I think it is just they wanted an autism scapegoat politically like you say

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  • [–] 15 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Think about what the resources going into this distraction could have investigated instead of doing this.

    At the very least I hope all the promotion coming from these republican clowns supporting the filthy supplement industry will lead to more rigorous critical scientific inquiry into the garbage snake oil insanity that this industry has become. It's no different than the unregulated advertising industry of the early 1900s where companies could say legally say their food products could cure illness and enhance performance.

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    [–] 13 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    New study is the same as 20 older studies. Waste of time and money.

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    no shit. how many people actually believe RFK’s claim? It was so obviously planned from the beginning, giving a date ahead of time that we’ll know the “cause”. Then afterwards, the company that owns tylenol got acquired. It’s wildly obvious this was just used as a way to push a business deal of sorts

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    [–] 10 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Studies? STUDIES?! WE DON'T NEED NO STINKING STUDIES!!

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago

    No shit, Sherlock!

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago

    You don’t say?

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    [–] 7 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    What about all the memes we made? Don't they count for anything?

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago

    Whatever money that went into this study could have been used on something less stupid.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago

    It was already disproven the second it was claimed, by being made up with no credible data or research

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    [–] 4 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    We know what is linked to autism. It's pollution. Fossil fuel exhaust is a big contributor. What does the Trump regime do? Promote fossil fuels. Kids and autism were never the concern.

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    [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    This is also what the old studies said

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    [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    Harmless painkiller doesn't cause autism as expected. Wow! It's a shame that this has to be news. Next week "Fruit consumed during pregnancy doesn't cause autism"

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    Tylenol is linked to liver damage. Happened to my friend.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah if you take a metric fuck ton of it.

    If you take the recommended dose then you're fine

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    Actually not. If you take it continuously at suggested dosage, you will induce liver damage. It's not supposed to be taken beyond a couple of days and the dosage recommended on the label does not consider body mass.

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