https://apnews.com/article/texas-tylenol-autism-texas-rfk-trump-3b39d3ac55b3b766b44c8fb03bad8b5eTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday accused the companies behind Tylenol of deceptively marketing the pain reliever to pregnant mothers in a lawsuit that asserted unproven claims that early exposure to acetaminophen increased risk of autism and other disorders.Paxton, an ally of President Donald Trump and a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, announced the suit against Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue weeks after Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asserted an unproven link between the pain reliever and autism while announcing a wide-ranging effort to study the causes of the complex brain disorder. The suit alleges that the companies violated Texas consumer protection laws by hiding the danger that acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, posed to fetuses and young children and “deceptively marketed Tylenol as the only safe painkiller for pregnant women.” It also alleges that Johnson & Johnson fraudulently transferred liabilities arising from Tylenol to Kenvue to shield assets against lawsuits.In 2021, New Brunswick, New Jersey-based J&J announced that it would turn its consumer health business, which makes Tylenol and other products, into a separate company now known as Kenvue. It referenced that divestment in a statement Tuesday, saying “all rights and liabilities associated with the sale of its over-the-counter products, including Tylenol (acetaminophen), are owned by Kenvue.”“Big Pharma betrayed America by profiting off of pain and pushing pills regardless of the risks. These corporations lied for decades, knowingly endangering millions to line their pockets,” Paxton said in a statement. “Additionally, seeing that the day of reckoning was coming, Johnson & Johnson attempted to escape responsibility by illegally offloading their liability onto a different company.”
>>1453021Acetaminophen has long been one of the most popular pain relievers and fever reducers in the U.S., used by upward of 100 million Americans annually. Some studies have raised the possibility that taking Tylenol in pregnancy might be associated with a risk of autism — but many others haven’t found a connection.Kenvue stressed in a statement Tuesday that acetaminophen is the safest pain reliever option for pregnant women, noting that high fevers and pain are recognized as potential risks to pregnancies if left untreated. The Summit, New Jersey-based company said it would defend itself against the claims and expressed concern about the “perpetuation of misinformation” about acetaminophen’s safety and the potential impact on the health of women and children.“We stand firmly with the global medical community that acknowledges the safety of acetaminophen and believe we will continue to be successful in litigation as these claims lack legal merit and scientific support,” Kenvue said.Kenvue has said it faces litigation in federal court over the autism claims, noting earlier this year in an annual filing that many of those claims have been dismissed but are being appealed.The lawsuit filed in state court in rural Panola County asks for a jury trial in the Republican-leaning county of about 23,000 in East Texas.Texas is asking the court to order the companies to pay the state $10,000 for each Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act violation. It also asks the court to order the companies to destroy marketing materials that represent that Tylenol is safe for pregnant women and children or doesn’t cause autism or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children whose mothers take Tylenol during pregnancy or in young children who take the drug.---END OF STORY---Release the Epstein files, etc.
>>1453021Oh this'll be fun. Tylenol's lawyers will have a field day challenging Texas to prove a connection even RFK's CDC couldn't find.
>>1453021Everything Ken Paxton does is at the behest of his christian nationalist oil billionaire masters. https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/billionaire-tim-dunn-runs-texas/https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/24/ken-paxton-impeachment-dunn-wilks/
>>1453031>christian nationalist oil billionaire masters.Honestly, that's not much different than the geriatric liberal almond billionaire masters of California who own essentially the entire states water rights sending the entire state into a drought, Stewart Resnick
>>1453033>But but but but but
>>1453021The unfortunate likely result of this will be some hush hush settlement that's sealed by court order until the heat death of the universe and then no one involved speaks of it ever again, but it would be a lot funnier if he gets smacked down in public.
>>1453063Naaah it'll be thrown out as frivolous and Texas will have to pay a fine for wasting everyone's time. It happens all the time. Ken Paxton is a far right retard who loses a quarter of the cases he files because they are based on bullshit, like he did for the 2020 election results, and suing Obama 39 times for the EPA trying to regulate pollution.
ITT, luftwangers defend one of the biggest billionaire corporations to 'get trump' or 'kennedy' or something. What a time to be alive. To literally see the npc butterflies emerge from their cocoon and turn into full favor neoliberal crony capitalists.
>>1453082>NO, YOU HAVE TO SUPPORT MY COMPLETE BULLSHIT THAT STOPS PEOPLE FROM TAKING LIFESAVING MEDICINE>THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE MEDICINE ARE REALLY RICH SO YOU HAVE TO BE AGAINST THEM WHEN SOMEONE SAYS ALL MEDICINE IS EVIL OR YOU'RE BEING PAID OFF
>>1453083Found the science denier.
>>1453084why do you not even try to conceal the fact that you're a worthless shill telling obvious lies
>>1453084Please produce the actual evidence of Tylenol causing autism and how it does so. Surely, if RFK and co are so fucking confident about this, they must have a genuine causal link, right?
>>1453087Oh, deez fagots aren't liking science these dayz, huh?
>>1453086Enjoy your autism caplets, retard
>>1453089no answer? i'll just assume it's the default "you're too retarded to get a real job"
>>1453021Good luck proving that in court, retard.
>>1453090I'm sick of your autistic bullshit.ON THIS BOARD WE BELIEVE IN SCIENCE!I'm not certain why you're against SCIENECE.Did you do your own research?
>>1453084Your ''''science'''' was made the fuck up by a man who eats roadkill.
>>1453089god it is going to be so fucking funny when Tylenol countersues. >Uh uh, we swear, we have a link here somewhere>uhhhhhhhhhhh>you wouldn't side with the big pharmaceutical company and it's army of lawyers, would you?>It was just a bit, no one would ever actually take RFK serious->...and that's why we had to pay billions in taxpayer dollars to Tylenol
>>1453093So you're saying you don't trust science?
>>1453092are you done yet
>>1453095>I WANT AUTISTIC CHILDREN>I DID MY OWN RESEARCH AND DECIDED AUTISM PILLS ARE GREATWeirdo. I bet you're going to OD on Autism Caplets for social media points.
>>1453100Yeah and with how much of a case RFK and Paxton have, looks like your money is going to go towards paying for them sweetie.
>>1453097I think I've got about 3-4 years of material even without pharma and retards feeding me fake studies and repeatable talking points.Come at me.LETS GO, YOU AUTISTIC FUCKERS!
>>1453102Sounds like your mother took the Auty powder.She's a terrible person and should kill herself for it.
>>1453102i don't think he has any money, he seems to post solely to satisfy his craving for humiliation
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-funded-study-suggests-acetaminophen-exposure-pregnancy-linked-higher-risk-adhd-autism
>>1453106you're drunk ken
>>1453108Sure, Rakesh
>>1453096I bet you think you're sooooo clever.
>>1453112I bet your mom tried to kill you by snorting Tylenol.
