Doctor faces charges in death of autistic boy

by Brian White (Subscribe to Brian White's posts)
Aug 23rd 2007 9:01AM

Chelation is an FDA-approved medical treatment for removing heavy metals from the body when metal poisoning (like from mercury) happens. But, it's not supposed to be used for autistic children.

Now, a doctor is being charged with involuntary manslaughter for administering chelation therapy to a five year-old autistic boy.Although many believe autism is sometimes caused by vaccinations (due to a mercury-containing preservative), this has not been proven.

What is your thought here? A doctor using an unapproved method for trying to 'treat' autism or the parents of the now-deceased autistic youngster? One of the doctors being talked to about the case is set to testify that the doctor under charge performed acts that "constituted gross negligence."

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Karen S. 8-30-2007 @ 6:27PM

My son is a year old and I was worried that he might get mercury poisoning from vaccines and I was worried about autism since boys seem to have it more than girls. So I did some research and most, if not all, the vaccines children get now have no mercury in them except for the flu shot. So even if mercury was causing autism, which there is no proven link, the vaccines would not be the cause. From what I have researched and read, the cause of autism is genetic.