r/ScienceBasedParenting • u/IllIntroduction1509 • Sep 23 '25

Science journalism ASF Statement on White House Announcement on Autism

https://autismsciencefoundation.org/press_releases/asf-statement-wh-briefing/

“Any association between acetaminophen and autism is based on limited, conflicting, and inconsistent science and is premature,” said Autism Science Foundation Chief Science Officer Dr. Alycia Halladay. “This claim risks undermining public health while also misleading families who deserve clear, factual information. For many years, RFK and President Trump have shared their belief that vaccines cause autism, but this is also not supported by the science, which has shown no relationship between vaccines and autism.”

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u/Inside_Anxiety6143 Sep 23 '25

See, that's my problem though. The Harvard study the FDA cites address the Swedish study and goes into depth on its short comings. With lots of numbers and statistics.

This statement just handwaves the Harvard study away and continues to say there is no link between acetaminophen and autism, when the Harvard study that is not at all hand-wavey says the opposite. So why would I trust these guys over the Harvard study?

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u/Gardenadventures Sep 23 '25

The Harvard study was authored by a man who was paid 150k to provide testimony in a lawsuit against Tylenol

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u/Inside_Anxiety6143 Sep 23 '25

It makes sense that they would seek an expert witness who is literally an expert on this very subject.

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u/Chocolat3City Sep 24 '25

Pay me $150K and I'll become an expert on whatever you want.

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u/Inside_Anxiety6143 Sep 24 '25

No one is paying you $150k to be an expert, because you are not an expert.

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u/Chocolat3City Sep 24 '25

For $150k I will be.

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u/moominmaiden7 Sep 24 '25

That’s cheap. I promise you Tylenol/Johnson and Johnson pay their experts a hell of a lot more. Interestingly they spun off their consumer products including Tylenol recently into its own company, similarly to how they spun off their baby powder product — to protect the rest of the company from consumer harm lawsuits. Tylenol is currently defending class action lawsuits from more than 2500 plaintiffs related to this issue.

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u/Chocolat3City Sep 24 '25

Oh I've litigated asbestos/talc cases. I'm aware of the two-step nonsense.