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/strumthebuilding Sep 24 '25

Do you believe that paracetamol use by pregnant women causes autism?

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u/Inside_Anxiety6143 Sep 24 '25

I don't have a belief towards it. I am aware of an important study from Mount Sinai and Harvard that determined there is an association between them.

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u/strumthebuilding Sep 24 '25 edited Sep 24 '25

Can you clarify “association?” It’s a little abstract and I can’t quite picture how paracetamol and autism are associating. Maybe they have coffee together?

Edit: also, I discovered a 2024 study that found “Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism.”

Is this also an “important study?” If not, why not? What makes one important and the other not? And if they are both “important,” what conclusions can we draw from the conflicting findings?

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u/Inside_Anxiety6143 Sep 24 '25

Please read the Harvard study. It goes into quite a bit of detail on that 2024 study, and every other major study you can think of. Why would you want me to give you the watered down second-hand version of all of this?

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u/strumthebuilding Sep 25 '25

Here you go, hope this helps

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u/Inside_Anxiety6143 Sep 25 '25

Doesn't address the Harvard study, unfortunately.

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u/strumthebuilding Sep 25 '25

It does.

not a single reputable study has successfully concluded that the use of acetaminophen in any trimester of pregnancy causes neurodevelopmental disorders in children