Re: Parents use religion to avoid vaccines
Chelation therapy is becoming more and more popular these days..PCG, in Japan, fish consumed in very high quantity as compared to almost any other nation in the world...and mercury content in fish has been going up and up. Since the autistic children who have undergone chelation treatment have (almost) invariably seen great improvement, I am not ready to deny some kind of link between heavy-metal poisoning and autism. Like I said, much work remains to be done in uncovering the cause(s) of autism but if you read the studies, even they will say "no link YET found"....and the fact of it all boils down to who may be susceptible and who is not and what triggers the susceptibility. The "age" of the brain is extremely involved here as X2 mentioned...but what else? Dont discount ANYTHING here until it can be truly proven, yeah? If you had an autistic child, you'd all be a bit more understanding here methinks! And the latest studies show that the chances of having a child on the autism spectrum is now 1 in 250!!!!!! If you have more interest, theres a wonderful celebrity named Jenny McCarthy who has an autistic son and just put out a bestseller on the whole journey. Her son underwent chelation therapy and is on a gluten-free, casein free diet and seems truly typical now.