Texas sues Tylenol company over autism claims

They don't. It's part flood the zone, part pandering to certain voters. Look what we do for you! A blue state wouldn't fight for your health like this!

Nothing will come of it but it's a positive distraction from the extraction of wealth that is currently happening.

People have tried in the past and each time it got thrown out because the judges ruled they were full of shit. As recently as 2023, even, from Reuters:

Cote, in a 148-page ruling, found that none of the five expert witnesses proposed by the plaintiffs had offered a sound scientific methodology to support their opinion that Tylenol's active ingredient, acetaminophen, could cause autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

"Instead, the unstructured approach adopted by the plaintiffs' experts permitted cherry-picking, allowed a results-driven analysis, and obscured the complexities, inconsistencies, and weaknesses in the underlying data," she wrote.

They're trying to sue J&J, too. One of the largest corporations in the world. Curious to see where it'll go. Just seems like all it'll do is piss off his donors.

Delusion.

By convincing a jury of normal Americans they're right.

Why wouldn't they? Reality can be anything in Trump's America.

Honestly they probably expect a settlement to avoid “political trouble.”

This is how recent federal lawsuits ended.

Exactly. Like Republicans in 2020 wouldn’t bring any election denial claims to court cause the had no actual evidence

These folks never change their views after a court case disproves something. They just assume some sort of deep state is in bed with “big pharma” - even if acetaminophen is a low cost and not a big money maker.

Assuming the process functions normally and doesn't become political theatre.

You have a lot of faith in a jury system that has historically been terrible at evaluating scientific claims.

I can't wait for all these bullshit cases to get in front of judges. Some of them already have, and are getting tossed. The media should be covering it much heavier.

I would say "We just made this up in order to sue you because we can't sue you for not following us".

America is fanous for suing everyone and everything for a reason.

I think they’re waiting for the damages to really rack up. Then they can sue the taxpayer for billions and nobody can stop them.

I believe it's called slander?

It actually isn't. This time.

But they prefer the right over the left because of taxes and regulations. I wonder when companies will flip, because they cannot handle the business impact of bullshit decisions like random tariffs or lawsuits over made up controversies any longer.

Yeah like if Johnson and Johnson counter sued Texas for their bet worth saying they are intentionally trying to smear and kill their company. It would be like $450 billion.

Man I'm waiting for discovery. Texas and the GOP are going to be even more of a laughing stock

Pharma. Regardless of who's involved, being able to sue somebody based on made up bullshit is not a good precedent

Um, the government has been filing frivolous lawsuits against some of the largest companies in the country for the past year. Companies then settle out of court and pay a multi-million dollar bribe settlement to encourage their mergers to go through. No sign of companies fighting back. If anything, they're encouraging it by being massive pushovers.

Don't count on companies fighting back. Something tells me that, the moment a company actually fights the govt, they'll magically remember that said companies are actually violating several state and federal regulations and laws

Nah that admits they may have been at fault for something, much better to counter sue and make the people of Texas pay possibly billions of dollars in stupid lawsuits that they will have to look at their government and say what the fuck, we knew that was bogus

Less the good guy, more a target of a bad guy.

I feel like there's an opportunity for a multi-layered Epstein-Barr joke in this whole situation, but I can't quite put it together.

Not if the judge has been appointed by R.

They're being sneaky.

As attorney general, Paxton has a different avenue into court than an individual trying to prove that Tylenol caused their child’s autism. While those lawsuits focus on personal injury claims, this suit hinges on two state consumer protection laws, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act and the Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

“That overlaps a lot with the science and with the argument that is going on about Tylenol right now, but it’s ultimately a different burden of proof and different damages that we’re going to be seeking,” Keller said.

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WASHINGTON ‒ Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Oct. 29 that he does not have "sufficient" evidence to link Tylenol to autism, more than a month after the White House discouraged the medicine's use by pregnant women and young children.

Evidence does not show that Kenvue's pain medicine Tylenol definitively causes autism but that it should still be used cautiously, President Donald Trump's top health official told reporters. Last month, the president said U.S. health officials would recommend limiting Tylenol's use.

"The causative association… between Tylenol given in pregnancy and the perinatal periods is not sufficient to say it definitely causes autism. But it is very suggestive," Kennedy told reporters, citing animal, blood and observational studies.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/29/health-chief-insufficient-data-tylenol-causes-autism/86972118007/

Well, THAT should make Discovery a whole lot easier. How does the underside of that bus taste, Abbot? Lol.

Eh, massive correlation is still not causation. No matter how massive.

But, don't you have to be a complete idiot to put on a MAGA hat in the first place?

Short answer no. Also correlation is not causation Let's say child autism is correlated with infection at a certain age then it could be the infection and not the thing you took for the infection.

They are dumb fucks who cannot read studies. Remember COVID?

a buddy of mine got a flu shot and then while walking out of the pharmacy he was hit by a car. Coincidence? No way.

No, because in a court of law, your feelings aren't the thing that matters. :)

It's in the article. The short answer is NO.

Its called acetaminophen in the states, and there are generics available at every store. Basically each store has a cheaper version of it available under their own branding.

Likely they are targeting the maker of Tylenol because they did the research and safety testing on it, and all the other stuff is based on that. I'm not a scientist though thats just a guess.

I think Tylenol must have a total monopoly on paracetamol sales in that country, as they never refer to it by its non-brand name. Going for the specific brand would be the same as suing every manufacturer.

Same exact drug, just branding.

It's because our batshit crazy administration decided to wage war against that particular brand, I suspect they refused to donate their million dollars to the pres' slush-fund.

It's acetaminophen That's the name of the drug it contains

Because you sue who has the most money.

yeah, "feel like."

That's what colleges and networks were doing for a while, but since Kimmel stood up to them and won BIG, potential victims have been pushing back. Colleges are refusing money with strings, for one thing.

If J&J is smart (and it's not clear that they are, although they are well-established to be evil), they'll refuse to settle.

Shhhh, don't tell them. It will ruin our plan of infecting all kids with neurodivergence to increase Linux marketshare...

oh look a rabbit!

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Benadryl has been linked to dementia...

Probably just banning Tylenol in pregnancy

Oh man crunchy tarot card constellations witches are going to be so confused which side to join.

They'll be on the side that they think can make them more money. There are no ethics in corporate America.

Just give them opiates or meth for everything, it makes them happy.

I feel ya, and feel for ya. Good luck and help it together, looking forward to cleaning up with you all after this Cheeto colored fuck dies.

it isn't lawsuit in a traditional way.

there's no law in this country anymore. they are asking for a bribe

Luckily it's just Texan taxes in this case

My feelings don't care about your facts!

It’s not even correlation, it’s just made up bullshit

Can’t help but notice you used exclamation marks instead of periods. Sincerely, the pedantic community.

1. ND folk make for an easy scapegoat for excuses to grab at yet more power.

With these kinds of people, it's rarely personal. They only care what these actions can do for them, not how those actions affect others, whether it's part of their in group or not.

1. Not really
2. Not always
3. Also at intelligent people sometimes
4. We also make a lot of shitty jokes that ain't funny
5. Not by a long shot

We're well beyond Eco's idea of Ur-fascism (AKA nascent fascism). Shit ain't nascent anymore.

That's the message I got from this. They've taken vaccines, now they go for lighter stuff. What's next? Cancer treatments?

Fuck you dude, do not subject all to suffer for these sins. I'm already on the verge of black market meds and fuck you for tying us all together in the same noose.

we can all agree that big corporate pharma sucks, but also that this lawsuit is bullshit.

it isn't really a lawsuit, just asking for a bribe.