Hi, I'm Merrill Horn filling in for Wendy Zuckerman, and you're listening to Science Verses.

This is the show that pits facts against acetaminophen. Today on the show, does taking

Tylenol when you're pregnant make it more likely that your kid will be autistic?

This idea has been all over the news the past couple weeks because of a big

report that's coming from the U.S. government.

It's supposedly going to reveal the true causes of autism.

And now what's going around is the claim that it's going to talk about Tylenol.

HHS is set to release a report that will link autism to Tylenol use during pregnancy.

The use of Tylenol by pregnant women may be linked to autism in children.

The claim is shaking up medicine and raising questions from doctors.

And the government hasn't confirmed that the report will talk about acetaminephine.

But this idea, it isn't something that came out of nowhere or some totally fringe scientific

theory.

There are lots of legit studies on this, and some of them do seem to suggest that popping

acetaminephine during pregnancy is linked not just to autism, but to ADHD and other

stuff going on with the brain. Meanwhile, fears around taking Tylenol when you're pregnant have

been spreading on social media for years, and these new reports have added fuel to the fire.

I have been scared to death for days. Here's why you shouldn't take Tylenol if you're

pregnant or you're thinking about getting pregnant. I took Tylenol throughout my whole pregnancy.

I have a lot of fucking questions right now. And people better start fucking talking. And yeah,

this does raise some big effing questions. Because tons of people take meds with acinamenefin in them when they're pregnant.

Studies find that more than half of pregnant people in the U.S. take these drugs.

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