Since US President Donald Trump linked paracetamol to autism in children in September — telling pregnant women to “fight like hell” to avoid taking the common painkiller — the global scientific community has been hotly debating the validity of the claim.
A new in-depth review of existing evidence published in The BMJ on Monday found there was no clear link between paracetamol use during pregnancy and autism or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnoses in children.
