Donald Trump claims a link between paracetamol and autism – but what is Irish experts’ advice to pregnant women?
- Health experts in Ireland condemned Trump's remarks as harmful and unsupported by scientific evidence.
- Misinformation promotes harmful views about autistic people, according to Autism Charity AsIAm and the National Autistic Society.
- Increased awareness and better screening are contributing to the rise in autism diagnoses, contrary to Trump's claims.
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Paracetamol is not only the cause of autism, says the healing pedagogue Leah Gerstenkorn affected by autism.
Donald Trump strongly advised against paracetamol on Monday, September 23, to pregnant women, making the link with an increased risk of autism for children, before also cast doubt on vaccines, reciting several rumours already denied by the scientific community. RFI tried to sort out.
Donald Trump claims a link between paracetamol and autism – but what is Irish experts’ advice to pregnant women?
"Fight like hell not to take it,” US president Donald Trump told expectant mothers this week when he claimed there is a link between pregnant women taking paracetamol and autism in children.
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