US President Donald Trump has warned pregnant women not to take paracetamol during pregnancy, claiming it may lead to autism, a link experts say is unproven.
Trump said women should not take acetaminophen – the active ingredient known as paracetamol in the UK – “during the entire pregnancy” unless it was "medically necessary".
He said the US Food and Drug Administration would immediately notify physicians that the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy “can be associated with a very increased risk of autism”.
Scientists have condemned the comments as “fearmongering” and hit back at Trump officials, saying the claim “risks stigmatising families who have autistic children”.
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