Re: Chelation therapy deaths

[Guest guest]

Jeff,

They said the wrong kind of EDTA was used that caused the death of the

autistic child. They used sodium EDTA instead of calcium EDTA.

Do you think both kinds are equally bad ?

Thanks

Jay

Jeff May <jeff@...> wrote:

FYI:

Endrate is disodium EDTA.

From the Boston Globe:

" CDC links at least 2 deaths to a lead-removal treatment "

By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press | March 3, 2006

<http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/03/03/cdc_links_at_least_2_

deaths_to_a_lead_removal_treatment>

ATLANTA -- A drug that is sometimes used to treat lead poisoning, and that

is also believed by some parents to be effective against autism, caused the

deaths of two children last year, the government said yesterday.

One youngster was autistic; the other had lead poisoning.

The deaths mark the first documented link between a chelation drug and

cardiac arrest in children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention. Both children had been treated with a product called Endrate.

CDC officials are also checking the death in 2003 of a 53-year-old woman in

Oregon who had been given chelation therapy by a practitioner of natural

medicine.

Brown, chief of the CDC's Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch, said

hospital pharmacies should consider whether stocking Endrate is necessary,

given its risks and the availability of other treatments.

The maker of Endrate, Hospira Inc., had no comment.

Chelating agents are chemical compounds, injected or given orally, that

latch onto metals in the body and then carry them out.

Some doctors have used chelation to treat autism, believing that mercury or

other heavy metals cause the condition's symptoms.

C. May

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[Guest guest]

Some of these 'alternative therapies' can be *very* dangerous. There

is a very serious problem separating the wheat from the chaff, so to

speak.

Unfortunately, both sides have their agendas.. Neither side is

accurate.. (You have to do a lot of work to figure it out... and then,

good luck if you want to try to help others - by God forbid, sharing

that information.. Intentionally or unintentionallty - it gets drowned

out by noise..)

Another flame feeding this fire is that SO many people these days

don't have medical insurance of any kind at all, or even if they do,

they can't afford the cost to them, or the deductible is so high..

etc..

Another BIG healthcare access problem - New York Times painted a very

distressing picture on this issue in an article today -

" Recourse Grows Slim for Immigrants Who Fall Ill "

at the URL:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/03/health/03patient.html

they are illegal immigrants and *are afraid to go to doctors for that reason*

- afraid that they are going to be turned in to the INS - (or whoever

it is these days..)

Where I live, OFTEN, landlords seeking to clean up properties (even

when they probably do know they have a mold problem) hire people who

clearly, have no access to health care to do the work - and they end

up doing it in a completely unprotected manner..

Here is an example of what could easily happen.. they could lose their

sense of smell.. permanently...

http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2006/8854/abstract.html

[Guest guest]

The problem with chelation, is what agent pulls out is indiscrimating,

and can pull out important minerals. If dose is a good size dose or

taken for long period there can be bad consequences. HOWEVER, people

die from side affects of pharmaceutical drugs all the time, but more

is made of it if it is somthing used over the counter or by

alternative medicine.

>

> FYI:

>

> Endrate is disodium EDTA.

>

> From the Boston Globe:

>

> " CDC links at least 2 deaths to a lead-removal treatment "

> By Mike

[Guest guest]

So why is it that the CDC can report on two deaths from a particular

treatment in question, yet they are not able to take the vast amount of the

information that has been provided to them regarding mold or mold toxin induced

illnesses and attribute it to anything other that " anecdotal information " ?

If all things are equal, wouldn't just two deaths also only be indicative of

anecdotal? Or are they able to act on these two death as " scientific based

evidence " because to do so is to the advantage of the manufacturers of the

vaccines that are reported to cause autism?

Let's see - Numerous calls and trips to DC. Much redesigning of buildings.

Thousands of research papers. Successful treatments reported for mold

illnesses. Many NIOSH, EPA, university reports. Newspaper articles virtually

every single day on the subject. NOPE! Just anecdotal information proving

nothing.

Two deaths from a treatment that is anti-phamaceutical industry friendly? -

Why of course, these two deaths prove everything on the subject.

Sharon

FYI:

Endrate is disodium EDTA.

From the Boston Globe:

" CDC links at least 2 deaths to a lead-removal treatment "

By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press | March 3, 2006

<http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/03/03/cdc_links_at_least_2_

deaths_to_a_lead_removal_treatment>

ATLANTA -- A drug that is sometimes used to treat lead poisoning, and that

is also believed by some parents to be effective against autism, caused the

deaths of two children last year, the government said yesterday.

One youngster was autistic; the other had lead poisoning.

The deaths mark the first documented link between a chelation drug and

cardiac arrest in children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention. Both children had been treated with a product called Endrate.

CDC officials are also checking the death in 2003 of a 53-year-old woman in

Oregon who had been given chelation therapy by a practitioner of natural

medicine.

Brown, chief of the CDC's Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch, said

hospital pharmacies should consider whether stocking Endrate is necessary,

given its risks and the availability of other treatments.

The maker of Endrate, Hospira Inc., had no comment.

Chelating agents are chemical compounds, injected or given orally, that

latch onto metals in the body and then carry them out.

Some doctors have used chelation to treat autism, believing that mercury or

other heavy metals cause the condition's symptoms.

C. May

May Indoor Air Investigations LLC

1522 Cambridge Street

Cambridge, MA 02139

617-354-1055

www.mayindoorair.com

www.myhouseiskillingme.com