I just read a story about a U.K. family that lost their autistic five-year-old son during chelation therapy in a clinic in Pennsylvania.

That is a tragic loss I cant even imagineIt makes me think of the old Chinese curse, May you live to bury your children. But a bit of perspective is needed.

This is the first chelation-related death in nearly 50 years

600 people a year die from using aspirin

In 2001 the Autism Research Institute reported that in a survey of more than 23,000 parents who resorted to chelation for their autistic children, nearly three out of four said the method helped

Chelation is an FDA-approved therapy for treating children with lead poisoning

The FDA cant approve chelation for treating autismWhy? The U.S. Navy developed chelation in the 1940s to treat lead poisoning. Besides that, it also helps remove other heavy metals from the body.

Now here's the catch: In spite of the FDA approval to use this therapy on children, the medical mainstream CAN'T recognize the effectiveness of chelation in treating autism because that would amount to an official recognition of one of the suspected causes of autism: mercury toxicity from the vaccine preservative thimerosal.

Its interesting to note that the rise in autism parallels the rise in the use of thimerosal.

Now think about thisIf chelation works for autistic kids, wouldnt that suggest a connection between heavy metals and autism? And you cant dismiss the results by pulling out the placebo effect. Autistic kids don't snap out of autism just because they're aware they're being treated.

Im wondering if chorella might not be an alternative

Since chorella also helps cleanse the body of heavy metals, maybe it could be another optionAs far as I know the only side effect is it makes your feces green.

Anyone heard of chlorella being used as a treatment in autism?