"Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. admitted on Thursday that the studies he's cited to justify his baseless and dangerous claims about Tylenol use and autism are "not proof" to back the Trump administration's guidance - but added that officials are working to retroactively "make the proof." During a meeting of President Donald Trump's cabinet, RFK Jr. listed a few studies that he argued show that autism is linked to Tylenol use during pregnancy, but said they aren't evidence of his claims."
""In the meantime, the precautionary principle should apply. Any mother who is taking the stuff during pregnancy just to get back at Donald Trump is doing something that is pathological," the secretary went on, referring to a TikTok video he talked about earlier in his remarks. This comment ignores that, in fact, those following the precautionary principle would actually not take critical health advice from a man who says he has no proof."
""This is not dispositive, this is not proof. We are doing the studies to make the proof," he said."
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. acknowledged that studies he cited to suggest a link between prenatal Tylenol use and autism are "not proof" and noted those studies do not support the administration's guidance. He said officials are conducting further studies to retroactively "make the proof." He invoked the precautionary principle and called mothers using Tylenol during pregnancy "pathological" when done to "get back at Donald Trump." Critics warn the administration is undermining the scientific method by promoting unproven claims and prioritizing political gestures over evidence-based decision making.
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