Labour Minister Rejects Trump's 'Unproven' Claim That Paracetamol Use Is Linked To Autism

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68d240f2140000ecbf5c5b73.jpeg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="President Donald Trump arrives with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to speak in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, in Washington." data-caption="President Donald Trump arrives with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to speak in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, in Washington." data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="via Associated Press" />President Donald Trump arrives with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to speak in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, in Washington.</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p>A <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/labour-party/">Labour </a>minister has rejected <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/donald-trump/">Donald Trump’s </a>claim that there is a link between <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/uk-experts-accuse-trump-of-fearmongering-for-linking-paracetamol-and-autism_uk_68d22f79e4b03fb4d933e980">paracetamol use in pregnancy with autism.</a></p><p>The US president <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/uk-experts-accuse-trump-of-fearmongering-for-linking-paracetamol-and-autism_uk_68d22f79e4b03fb4d933e980">made the comments in the White House on Monday,</a> despite being unable to provide any evidence to back them up.</p><p>Trump said there had been a “meteoric rise” in cases of autism and suggested that paracetamol – which is called Tylenol in the US – is a potential cause.</p><p>“There are certain groups of people that don’t take vaccines and don’t take any pills, that have no autism,” the presiden