Writing for the Associated Press, Dan Nephin reported that charges against Dr. A. T. Nadama related to the death during chelation therapy of a young boy with Autism have been dropped.
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Over at Respectful Insolence Orac has a worth-a-read post about a law suit arising from the use of chelation as a therapy for Autism. Chelation, in this sense, is a process in which a compound that binds to metal atoms is injected into a person in hopes of extracting those metals from the person’s body. Some people who believe that mercury causes Autism advocate the use of chelation to remove mercury from individuals who have Autism. A couple of years ago I pointed to this case in an entry here at EBD Blog. There was an extended series of comments in which I described the evidence about chelation. Orac, who harbors an opinion of similar verticality as mine—which is to say very low—about chelating as therapy for Autism, comments on the suit brought against a doctor who treated a boy by chelation and during the therapy the boy died.
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