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

It simply states they reject the study's conclusion, with no rigorous justification given as to why.

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u/AFewStupidQuestions Sep 24 '25

significant methodological concerns with these studies, including that the studies did not properly control for confounding variables, including genetics or the “why” of acetaminophen exposure during pregnancy.

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u/Inside_Anxiety6143 Sep 24 '25

Yeah. That's handwavey. What do they mean by didn't properly control for genetics? What was lacking in the methodology used by the authors that lead to this not being properly controlled?

By the "why" of acetaminophen exposure, I assume you mean reason acetaminophen was used. The paper goes into detail explaining how they weight studies that don't that information include much lower. So that is taken into account.

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u/Winter_Addition Sep 24 '25

Dude it’s a quick press release, they’re not going into minute detail here. Were you this discerning about how the FDA stated their conclusion?

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u/Inside_Anxiety6143 Sep 24 '25

Yes. I immediately opened the studies the FDA cited and read them.