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Podcast: In Focus by The Hindu
Episode: Decoding the paracetamol-autism controversy
Description: A few weeks ago, U.S. president Donald Trump made a startling announcement: he said using the common painkiller paracetamol, or acetaminophen, known as Tylenol in the U.S. during pregnancy, could cause autism in the baby. This announcement came after earlier this year, the U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a known vaccine sceptic, announced a massive testing and research effort to identify the âenvironmental toxinsâ that he said were behind the growing âepidemicâ of autism in the U.S.
It is true that more cases of autism are being reported now than in previous decad...