A Federal Study for Chelation?

FRINGE AUTISM TREATMENT COULD GET FEDERAL STUDY
Associated Press - July 08, 2008

CHICAGO - Pressured by desperate parents, government researchers are
pushing to test an unproven treatment on autistic children, a move
some scientists see as an unethical experiment in voodoo medicine.

The treatment removes heavy metals from the body and is based on the
fringe theory that mercury in vaccines triggers autism - a theory
never proved and rejected by mainstream science. Mercury hasn't been
in childhood vaccines since 2001, except for certain flu shots.

But many parents of autistic children are believers, and the head of
the National Institute of Mental Health supports testing it on
children provided the tests are safe.

"So many moms have said, `It's saved my kids,'" institute director
Dr. Thomas Insel said.

For now, the proposed study, not widely known outside the community
of autism research and advocacy groups, has been put on hold because
of safety concerns, Insel told The Associated Press.

The process, called chelation, is used to treat lead poisoning.
Studies of adults have shown it to be ineffective unless there are
high levels of metals in the blood. Any study in children would have
to exclude those with high levels of lead or mercury, which would
require treatment and preclude using a placebo.

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