Meryl Horn

Actually, the most recent review that I could find on this said that most studies don't find more undescended testicles in babies exposed to acetaminophen in utero.

Okay.

And a bunch of big medical groups agree here.

They say that we don't have evidence that taking acetaminophen during pregnancy causes autism or issues with the development of the fetus, like the FDA, regulators in Europe, a big group of OBGYNs.

But like, yeah, just in case if I did take acetaminophen, I'd try not to take it for like weeks at a time.

Because generally, some of the studies that do find risks only find them if you take acetaminophen for like longer periods of time.

Yes, actually, that's true too.

So having a fever when you're pregnant, we know that ups the chance for lots of serious stuff like birth defects for the kid, heart malformations, premature birth.

And fevers also happen to be linked to a kid being autistic later.

Oh, okay.

And by the way, we did reach out to the company that owns Tylenol, and they sent us a big statement pointing to some of the science that we've talked about.

And they said, quote, unquote.

And for Brian's part, he really doesn't think the science supports the idea that taking a little Tylenol when you're pregnant makes the kids later become autistic or have ADHD.

That's Science Versus.

All right.

So if you want to see all the science that went into this episode, check out the transcripts.

You can find links to that, which has all these beautiful citations in the show notes.

And we did reach out to the U.S.

Department of Health and Human Services about this.

And a spokesperson said, quote, until we release the final report, any claims about its contents are nothing more than speculation, unquote.