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Expert: Acetaminophen (Tylenol) use during pregnancy 

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Published: 23 October 2025

The company that makes Tylenol against a proposed safety warning on labels for all drugs containing acetaminophen. filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration calls for labels to state that, if taken during pregnancy, the medication may increase a child’s risk of neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism. 

A 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ expert is available to comment on this topic: 

Robert Platt  is the Director of the School of Population and Global Health and a Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health. He can speak to the scientific evidence refuting the U.S. president’s claims linking Tylenol use during pregnancy to autism, including a    published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry  that found no convincing evidence to support such a link. 

robert.platt [at] mcgill.ca  (English, French) 

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