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Acetaminophen use during pregnancy is not likely to raise the risk of having a child with autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability, according to a new study published Friday.

Researchers across Europe reexamined evidence from multiple studies investigating the link between these conditions and the use of paracetamol — called acetaminophen in the United States — and found that these purported associations fell apart after controlling for confounding factors.

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[–] thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 hours ago

ok then

we need to find alternative pollution that causes autism (only high-functioning autism though) but doesn't cause any harm, then put chemicals in the air to make your children intelligent (terrifying i know)

autistic people are propaganda and ad resistant, hold less regard for norms (which is probably why 40% of trans people have it), recognize obsolete things about society, and generally tend to be more progressive (oh no the chemicals put in the air by COMMIE LIBERALS are making your children WOKE by blessing them with intelligence)

actually I'm pretty sure that those are just signs of intelligence not exclusive to autism

and the social difficulties of autism will self-eliminate because way more people will have such social functioning, eliminating the abnormality of it and making it into a non-issue

(this is a joke... unless (there are major benefits but also consent problems making this unethical (unless the massive benefits to society outweigh that)))