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From: Doc Bones7/10/2008 1:53:47 AM
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Fringe autism treatment could get federal study

By CARLA K. JOHNSON
The Associated Press
Wednesday, July 9, 2008; 7:46 AM

CHICAGO -- Pressured by desperate parents, government researchers are pushing to test an unproven treatment on autistic children, a move some scientists see as an unethical experiment in voodoo medicine.

The treatment removes heavy metals from the body and is based on the fringe theory that mercury in vaccines triggers autism - a theory never proved and rejected by mainstream science. Mercury hasn't been in childhood vaccines since 2001, except for certain flu shots.

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