Texas sues Tylenol company over autism claims

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/28/texas-tylenol-johnson-lawsuit-rfk-ken-paxton-autism/

cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/29544831

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Johnson and Johnson, accusing the pharmaceutical company of failing to warn consumers about the risk of taking Tylenol while pregnant.

This lawsuit, the first of its kind from a state government, comes a month after President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced updated guidance discouraging pregnant women from taking acetaminophen, citing it as a possible cause of autism. The announcement set off a wave of controversy in the health care community, and confusion among pregnant women unsure how they should manage fever and pain during pregnancy.

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IzzyScissor@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 298d (1 reply)

"Oh, finally Tylenol is suing over all of the false narratives about their completely safe product." re-reads headline "Wait.. Oh. Oh, we're fucked."

altasshet@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 298d

Yeah, I was like "wait, this is the wrong way around."

MdRuckus@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 298d (2 replies)

Texas is dumb as hell.

BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 298d (1 reply)

For this? Nah. For electing Ken Paxton? Hell yeah.

13igTyme@piefed.social · 8 pts · 298d

Yes, also for this.

KingGordon@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 298d (1 reply)

Discovery should be really fun on this lawsuit.

foggy@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 298d

Let's skip the middle man here and get to pre-emptive lawsuits.

Dear everyone, I am suing you all for all the money for all the crimes you might commit against me. In advance.

santa@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 298d

Good. Now prove it lol /s

AA5B@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 298d

wtf, now companies need to foresee the future and know what brain worms might say later on?

resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 297d

It can only good happen!

Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 296d

6 months later. Johnson and Johnson owns Texas after counter lawsuit.

altphoto@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 295d

They need to go after all the cheats! My penis pump did not make me 6"! But my wife complaints about how painful it is...hose and all. Very sharp objects, I don't understand who designed this thing. Like hpe do I get my self out of it and how do I get it out of her? And why am I still not 6"!