Holly Goodman didn’t take Tylenol during her pregnancy with her son, Isaac.

“I never took acetaminophen because I had fertility issues and I was so worried I was going to miscarry again, right? So I never took a thing. I was eating organics. I was doing all the things because I was so wanting this child,” she said. “And guess what? He had autism.”

Goodman was not arguing that her experience could be applied to that of all parents of autistic children, but rather was intending to highlight that there are a number of genetic and environmental elements at play when it comes to a child’s development.

President Donald Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Monday that acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, is associated with increased risk of an unborn child developi

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