Detox with Chelation Blog

By: Lisa Jo Rudy

For reasons that are somewhat unclear, the world of autism attracts an uncanny number of people who are itching for a fight. 

Look at any autism-related blog, online article, conference or magazine, and you'll find angry comments buzzing around like bees who've been smoked out of their hive.

Comments can't physically injure anyone.  But in some cases, threats of physical violence have pushed writers and researchers to seek out court injunctions and write only under pseudonyms.

Actress and Doctor Who 'Cured' Her Son Write Controversial Book on Preventing Autism

By: Karen Compton, Jonann Brady and Imaeyen Ibanga

By: Steve Jacob

Autism has increased exponentially since the 1970s, with the prevalence rate going from 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 150. For heartbroken parents, a diagnosis can seem like a life sentence.

Healing and Preventing Autism: A Complete Guide (Dutton, $26.95) is a hopeful manual for parents and healthcare providers. The authors are pediatrician Jerry Kartzinel and actress Jenny McCarthy, whose son was successfully treated by Kartzinel.

Risk rises for babies conceived in spring, summer, when chemical concentrations peak

Pesticides may increase the risk of birth defects, say researchers who found that the highest rates of birth defects in U.S. babies occur among those conceived in the spring and summer, the same time that there are increased levels of pesticides in surface water.

By: Mike Stobbe

ATLANTA - Traces of a chemical used in rocket fuel were found in samples of powdered baby formula, and could exceed what's considered a safe dose for adults if mixed with water also contaminated with the ingredient, a government study has found.

The study by scientists at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looked for the chemical, perchlorate, in different brands of powdered baby formula. It was published last month, but the Environmental Working Group issued a press release Thursday drawing attention to it.

Since there's no agreement as to what autism is, what causes it, or whether it can be cured - it should come as no surprise that there's no consensus as to the best treatments for autism.

By: Diane Suchetka



Smokers huddle outside office buildings, head to the garage to light up after dinner, and refuse to pull out a cigarette until they're in their cars, alone. They do all they can to protect the people they love from the dangers of cigarette smoke.

And still, they can't.

By: Lisa Jo Rudy

There is a large and vocal contingent of parents and practitioners who claim that children diagnosed appropriately with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been cured (sometimes called "recovered") through the use of alternative, biomedical treatments such as diets, supplements, chelation and controversial therapies such as hyperbaric oxygen, etc.

A bite by bite analysis of the fish on your plate.

By: Jenn Savedge

Are you poisoning your family with fish?  That is the essence of the question that one San Franciscan man recently took it upon himself to answer.  David Ewing Duncan, author of the newly released book, Experimental Man, put science to the test to find out just how much mercury and other toxins he was ingesting with each bite of fish.  And his results were unsettling.
 

By: Connie Leonard

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Going green - it's supposed to be a positive step that helps save money and the environment. But how safe are the popular new fluorescent light bulbs and are they really environmentally friendly?

The new bulbs outlast the traditional ones 10-to-1, but they also contain mercury. Even so, a lot of people are using them, and some are unaware of the potential danger mercury can pose.