Bornehag, professor at Karlstads University, says that there are studies that show a possible link regarding pregnant women's exposure to paracetamol and a certain type of neurodevelopment in children.
The problem is that we do not have evidence. And all risk management in a society is built on evidence, he says and calls Trump's claims reckless.
Prohibition has a price
For example, the indications of a connection may be due to genetic aspects or the condition or discomfort that the mother has, which is the reason why she takes the medication, according to Bornehag.
Prohibiting Alvedon, paracetamol, also has a price. It is a medicine used by pregnant women and where there are not many other alternatives.
Another unfortunate aspect, according to Bornehag, is that Trump has allied himself with the Minister of Health and vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy, who without evidence claims that there is a link between autism and vaccines.
"Political logic"
That Trump and Kennedy mix this up is no coincidence, Bornehag means, who calls it some kind of political logic.
It seems that he thrives best in situations where he can criticize the scientific community, authorities, and authorities, says Bornehag.
That autism diagnoses have increased has several reasons. One contributing reason is a greater attention to the conditions. Another is that a diagnosis gives rights to support and adaptation in school.
Research is also looking at environmental chemicals as a factor, according to Bornehag.
The national association Attention is also critical of Trump's outburst.
It can contribute to a sense of guilt that you often feel as a parent, says the association's chairman Eric Donell and continues:
I think you always have to emphasize that autism is a way of being, a way of functioning, and that society must give people with autism the support they need.
