"Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. admitted that the evidence was not sufficient to say Tylenol causes autism just one day after Texas filed a lawsuit citing his previous comments to make that claim."
"On Tuesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue, the parent company and manufacturer of Tylenol, claiming that acetaminophen, the drug's active ingredient, causes a significantly increased risk of autism and other disorders, like ADHD. For years, the scientific evidence has shown that acetaminophen can cause ASD and ADHD in children whose mothers ingested the drug while pregnant and that the more acetaminophen ingested, the greater the risk, the complaint argued, citing numerous controversial and debunked claims by Kennedy and President Donald Trump about acetaminophen to claim a causal link between the drug and autism or ADHD."
"As Mediaite reported, the complaint omits mention of studies that contradict these claims, notably a 2024 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) that reviewed the health records of over 2.5 million children born in Sweden over a 25-year period and found no significant associations between prenatal acetaminophen use and children's risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability, and further suggest[ed] that associations observed in other models may have been attributable to familial confounding."
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. admitted evidence is insufficient to say Tylenol causes autism. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue alleging acetaminophen significantly increases risk of autism and ADHD. The complaint cited claims of dose-related prenatal harm and relied on controversial assertions by public figures. The filing omitted contradictory studies, including a 2024 JAMA review of over 2.5 million Swedish children that found no significant associations and suggested familial confounding. Paxton retained attorney Ashley Keller, who led more than 600 plaintiffs in related suits; prior cases were dismissed after expert testimony was excluded.
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