Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said that there is not sufficient evidence to claim that Tylenol causes autism a month after the White House discouraged pregnant women and young children from using the pain reliever.
Kennedy said that while evidence does not support the claim that Tylenol causes autism, he said it should still be used cautiously.
"The causative association ... between Tylenol given in pregnancy and the perinatal period is not sufficient to say it definitely causes autism," Kennedy told reporters. "But it is very suggestive." Kennedy cited animal, blood clotting and observational studies as the reason for his concerns over Tylenol.
"There should be a cautious approach to it," he continued.
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