Another development in autism

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Hi, all.

Yesterday a couple from Lafayette, CA who have an autistic son

announced (in Washington, D.C.) an organization with a website

promoting chelation of mercury in autism using transdermal DMPS.

This looks like a major development in promotion of the general

public's understanding of the causes of autism and broader treatment

of autistic kids using chelation, and I think that much of it will

turn out to be relevant to many cases of chronic fatigue syndrome as

well. I recommend reading this site:

http://www.generationrescue.org

Incidentally, they present the argument that mercury is also

responsible for the rise in ADD and ADHD as well as other disorders

in children in recent years. This has vast ramifications.

They've done a very good job of presenting the facts, as far as I

can tell. They do mention the glutathione depletion work of Dr.

, et al., and they do present all the major sources of mercury,

including the thimerosol in vaccines, amalgam fillings, fish

consumption, and environmental releases from coal-fired power

plants. They also talk about supporting methylation with

supplements.

This development was given good press coverage in the San Francisco

area this morning, with articles in both the San Francisco Chronicle

and the east bay Valley Times. It also appeared in the Washington

Times, and UPI has picked it up as well. This is the first time

I've seen mercury from amalgams mentioned as a cause of disease in a

regular newspaper article. This development may open that subject

up for more press coverage. There have been lots of articles about

the fish source of mercury and the dispute over U.S. government

limits for mercury release from power plants, but discussion of

amalgams has been conspicuously absent, though it's a bigger source

of mercury for the average member of the U.S. population.

I continue to be hopeful that there will be spin-offs from these

developments in autism to CFS. As I've said before, I think that

problems with glutathione production and use are at the root of both

these disorders (probably not all cases of CFS, but many of them).

In autism, this was exacerbated by elevated mercury intake from the

thimerosol in the vaccines and from other sources. In CFS, elevated

mercury may have been the cause of some cases, but in others I think

it is a contributor to the total load of glutathione depletors.

Whether it is the root cause or merely a contributor in a particular

case of CFS, I think it is nevertheless true that the mercury level

rises when the person is exposed to it at levels higher than can be

taken out by the available glutathione, so that mercury often rises

to toxic levels in PWCs, whether or not it was the first cause of

the glutathione depletion.

Rich