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Harvard sees a potential link, hell it’s the name of the paper: “Using acetaminophen during pregnancy may increase children’s autism and ADHD risk ”. I think t

Harvard sees a potential link, hell it’s the name of the paper: “Using acetaminophen during pregnancy may increase children’s autism and ADHD risk ”. I think that it might be a real thing is because nobody really knows how acetaminophen even works. All the theories involve influencing the brain‘s chemistry. Who knows, maybe influencing a fetus’s brain chemistry can be bad. https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/using-acetaminophen-during-pregnancy-may-increase-childrens-autism-and-adhd-risk/ https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/using-acetaminophen-during-pre...

RankingMember 1y ago
As far as I can tell, none of the author's (Public Health Dean Andrea A. Baccarelli) work has demonstrated anything causal, but rather just some correlation. His testimony in a case against Tylenol in 2023 attempting to link the drug to autism was thrown out by the judge for cherry-picking and misinterpretation of study results. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/9/24/autism-dean-public-health/ https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/9/24/autism-dean-pub...
estearum 1y ago
"Harvard" doesn't see anything. The researchers who conducted a specific study work at Harvard. And yes, these links exist all over the place. The problem is that we have failed to establish causality 100% of the times we've tried.