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Paracetamol and autism in “Environmental Health”: A dubious paper that made politics

If paracetamol use in pregnancy may cause later autism spectrum disorder has received public interest recently.

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Robert J Lifton wrote in “Losing reality”

Trump is different. His solipsism is sui generis. He is psychologically remarkable in his capacity to manufacture and continuously assert falsehood in the apparent absence of psychosis.

Not unexpected the advice was rejected by basically all medical professionals. Commentaries are raging in Nature, BMJThe Lancet, JAMA and even the WHO. Continue reading Paracetamol and autism in “Environmental Health”: A dubious paper that made politics

 

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