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Evening Standard
Jane Kirby

UK experts condemn paracetamol ‘fearmongering’ expected from Trump officials

Tylenol is paracetamol in the UK (Alamy/PA) -

UK experts have condemned “fearmongering” in the US after it was reported Donald Trump’s administration will say there is a link between paracetamol use in pregnancy and autism.

Scientists have hit back, with one saying the claim “risks stigmatising families who have autistic children as having brought it on themselves”.

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