Paracetamol increases risk of asthma in children

An article in the guardian reported that the use of paracetamol in medicines such as calpol, can be damaging to infants health. It gave an increase of forty six percent in cases of children developing asthma in the ages of  six to seven. Herbal alternatives for coughs,colds, teathing etc can be given relief without the need to use paracetamol based treatments.