From the Associated Press:

A Pennsylvania doctor was ordered to stand trial on charges he caused the death of a 5-year-old boy with autism by incorrectly administering a controversial chemical treatment. Another physician testified that Dr. Roy Kerry used the wrong drug while trying to do chelation therapy, and also administered it incorrectly.

Chelation is not approved by the federal government for treating autism, though the Food and Drug Administration has approved it for treating lead poisoning. Some people who link autism to a mercury-containing preservative that was once common in childhood vaccines advocate chelation as a remedy.

A district judge on Thursday determined prosecutors had enough evidence to proceed with the case and ordered Kerry to stand trial for involuntary manslaughter.

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