At a campaign appearance in September 2025, President Trump told supporters that countries with limited access to Tylenol had “virtually no autism,” adding:
“Don’t take it. There’s no downside in not taking it.”
The remarks sparked widespread concern among pregnant women and sharp criticism from medical professionals.
Speaking on The Anton Savage Show, Dr Brendan O’Shea, adjunct professor of public health and primary care at Trinity College Dublin, said the findings were definitive.
“In short order, the answer is no,” he said.
“None of this stands up. It didn’t stand up on September the 22nd, and it doesn’t stand up now.”
The Lancet study, led by Professor Asma Khalil of St George’s, University of London, pooled data from 43 studies and found no causal link between paracetamol use in…