Doctors alarmed by availability of OTC chelation agents
June 17th, 2008From the Los Angeles Times:
Doctors are concerned about the broad availability of over-the-counter chelation agents that are being marketed to parents of children with autism. Such products are risky and have not been proven effective, they say.
“This whole chelation therapy craze is one of my pet peeves,” says Hilary Godwin, chair of environmental health sciences at UCLA. “It’s not something you should be doing on your own.”
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