Cheleation therapy and autism--is it worth the trouble?

Darkfrog submitted, created time 4 months 5 days (www.nature.com)

Cheleation therapy involves injecting the patient with dimercaptosuccinic acid or some other agent that can bind to metal ions. The bound ions are then eliminated by the body. Cheleation therapy is used, successfully, in heavy metal poisoning. Now people are pushing for its use with autistic children.

For years, the idea that vaccines cause autism has taken center stage. The rationale is that the mercury used as a preservative (or more specifically, that USED to be used as a preservative) was poisoning the children and interrupting their brain development

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