Heavy Metal Chelation Therapy and Autism: EDTA
EDTA chelation therapy is the antidote to heavy metal poisoning. For some forms of autism, EDTA can have miraculous results.Scientific evidence begins with funding for scientific research. Without funding the “science” doesn’t happen. Indeed, funding can skew science, as we all know. Once a disease or disorder becomes wildly profitable for Big Pharma, scientific funding becomes radically skewed toward proving that a given disease or disorder cannot be cured, but only treated (using pharmaceuticals and other profitable forms of treatment like surgery). In short, scientific funding can be used to create a smoke screen.
In 2014, Dr. William Thompson, a CDC veteran employee and author of the main study that has been cited by the CDC to redeem mercury-containing vaccines from their link to autism, invoked whistleblower protection. In other words, Dr. William Thompson turned on the CDC to tell the true tale about the autism and mercury link. He turned over an extensive set of agency files to Congress.
The Origami of Autism: Transforming 2-Dimensional Thinking about ASD into 3-Dimensional Solutions - BUY HERE!Dr. Thompson is still employed at the CDC, but he says that since 2004, he’s ben pressured by his superiors and fellow scientists to manipulate data about the safety of the mercury-containing preservative known as thimerosal. The CDC basically wanted him to conceal the causal link between thimerosal and brain injury including the thimerosal-autism link.
Thimerosal is a preservative in vaccines that contains 50% ethylmercury. Ethylmercury is far more toxic and bioaccumulative in the brain than methylmercury in fish. Methylmercury is highly regulated in bodies of water unlike ethylmercury in humans.
Hundreds of peer-reviewed scientific studies by university scientists and leading government workers has established that thimerosal is a toxic neurological poison that can cause symptoms of autism in children. The book Thimerosal: Let the Science Speak by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. provides a summary of the studies linking thimerosal to autism symptoms and neurological damage.
Though Dr. Thompson and his colleagues produced 9 fraudulent studies showing that thimerosal is safe in vaccines, there is no published study showing that thimerosal is safe. At a number of major web sites that pretend to be philanthropic, discussion about autism chelation therapy often talks about how U.S. autism rates rose after most of the thimerosal was removed from pediatric vaccines in 2003. But that same year, the CDC added a massive dose of thimerosal to flu shots in the pediatric vaccination schedule. So, essentially, children today get nearly as much mercury in their vaccines as children prior to 2003.
Thimerosal was removed from all Danish vaccines in 1992. In 2013, a CDC study that was published in JAMA Pediatrics showed a 33% drop in ASD in Denmark as a result. That study was among 36 other peer-reviewed studies that linked thimerosal to autism.
Thimerosal and Autism
According to the National Institute of Medicine, it IS plausible that there is a link between thimerosal and autism. The National Institute of Medicine has already sanctioned the idea that it is plausible that thimerosal exposure causes autism. Yet, despite the overwhelming evidence that there’s a link between mercury and autism via thimerosal in vaccines, some of the most prominent autism organizations in the world actively steer parents and caregivers away from things like EDTA chelation therapy to remove excess mercury from the body.Through my research, I’ve found several blogs by parents who have tried to present a very logical line of thinking about how mercury caused their child to develop autism. Dr. Rashid Buttar was a doctor who could cure autism (he was poisoned for trying to get the word out) and he used EDTA chelation therapy on his own son to overcome the disease. Robert F. Kennedy has produced a book detailing the thimerosal and autism link in scientific studies. But despite overwhelming evidence that the mercury in vaccines can cause autism, the mainstream media, which is funded by organizations that seek to keep Big Pharma profitable, has managed to keep parents from discovering how to cure autism using treatments like EDTA chelation therapy.
In 2001, when the connection between autism and mercury was finally brought to light by Bernard et al. this scientist did a review of medical literature and U.S. government data to arrive at the autism-mercury hypothesis. Bernard viewed autism as a symptom of mercury poisoning that occurs as a result of certain genetic vulnerabilities or predispositions in some children. The current autism epidemic is fueled by mercury poisoning through vaccines. According to the data, at least 33% of children (or more) who developed symptoms of autism as a result of mercury poisoning can reclaim their health through EDTA chelation if therapy is undertaken while the child is still young.
Children with autism who do not respond to EDTA chelation therapy may instead respond to trauma-informed therapies, music and sound frequencies for autism, Cerebrolysin therapy, Piracetam, or Suramin.
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EDTA Chelation for Autism
Chelation Therapy is something that has been demonized in conventional medicine and by mass media. Yet, Dr. Rashid Buttar, a doctor who cured autism in his own son and in his patients, recommended the use of EDTA chelation therapy as a front-line treatment for autism. EDTA chelation therapy is used unflinchingly in the treatment of lead poisoning and it has an excellent safety profile in the treatment of a number of health problems, yet EDTA chelation therapy for autism is mocked. Why? Because if parents and caregivers figure out how to cure autism, their child is no longer tethered financially to Big Pharma.
No discussion of autism in today’s world is complete without mentioning EDTA chelation therapy. Autism often develops in children who have been exposed to heavy metals that are known to be present in vaccines. But heavy metals are present in other places too. The discussion of heavy metals and autism is easily derailed by the anti-vax campaigns that basically take a discussion of possible causes and possible solutions into the realm of whether it’s right or wrong to believe that autism is caused by mercury poisoning.
Any parent or caregiver who has recently been given the diagnosis that their child is on the autism spectrum fears being outcasted by the conventional healthcare system which promises that it is the only institution on earth capable of solving the problem of autism. A parent who doesn’t want to vaccinate their child is dubbed an “Anti-Vaxxer”. Said parent is then the cause of all future measles outbreaks and major pandemics. That’s a big responsibility for a parent / caregiver who needs to really focus on healing their child and their own family. So we don’t really focus much on the idea of being a “Vaxxer” or an “Anti-Vaxxer” on this site except to point out that this kind of dialogue is yet another smoke screen. It divides and conquers the parents who would otherwise be helping each other.
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EDTA Chelation for Autism
EDTA (ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid) can be administered intravenously to treat autism and ASD. It has an excellent safety profile as a medicinal agent when it is administered properly. EDTA is the gold-standard in terms of chelation therapy, but there are, in fact, many different medicinal agents that can be used to chelate heavy metals from the body.
EDTA began being used in medicine in the 1940s during World War I to chelate arsensic from the poison gasses that soldiers were exposed to. In 1949, Dr. Charles Geschickter administered a nickel-EDTA compound to a breast cancer patient and observed that the nickel-EDTA was eliminated from the body unchanged via the urine. Administration of the EDTA-nickel established that EDTA had no beneficial and no harmful effects. As a result of combining it with nickel, the EDTA was not able to chelate heavy metals from the body, but this study demonstrated that once it was bound to a metal, the EDTA-metal compound could be excreted from the body without harming human tissues.
In the 1950s, chelation therapy was much more popular than it is today. A group of factory workers in Michigan were poisoned by lead batteries. They were successfully chelated with EDTA. U.S. sailors who had painted ships with lead paint were also successfully chelated. By the middle of the 1950s, EDTA chelation was recognized by the general public as a safe antidote for lead poisoning for both children and adults.
Around this same time, also in the 1950s, EDTA chelation was introduced as a treatment for heart disease. Dr. Norman E. Clarke Sr. was a famous cardiologist who theorized that because EDTA could bind calcium, it might be able to remove calcium deposits from blood vessels (i.e. atherosclerosis). Later, Dr. Clarke realized that EDTA chelation therapy primarily worked to remove calcium deposits in the blood vessels by binding heavy metals so that they could be removed safely from the body.
In the 1960s, Dr. Albert J. Boyle and Dr. Gordon B. Myers at Wayne State University in Detroit teamed up with Dr. Clarke to conduct research on patients with heart disease. They worked with the worst cases to return patients to health. After EDTA chelation therapy, patients who had been suffering from advanced atherosclerosis and heart problems had improved skin color, improved exercise tolerance, normal circulation in their limbs, improved muscle coordination and brain function, and a reduced need for nitroglycerine as a pain reliever.
In 1964, Dr. Alfred Soffer, associate of medicine at Northwestern University Medical School published the book, Chelation Therapy. In the book, he noted that patients with peripheral vascular disease, especially diabetics, benefited from regular chelation therapy.
Dr. Clarke observed many miraculous studies and he noted that, after chelation therapy, the metal-contaminated tissues in the body resumed their normal function. He was the main advocate for EDTA therapy for about 20 years starting in the 1950s. He lived to be 92 years old and he had a sharp mind until his death. Other doctors followed his lead and started clinical treatment programs in private hospitals. One of these doctors was Dr. Ray Evers.
Dr. Ray Evers administered EDTA chelation therapy to 3,000 patients at Columbia General Hospital over a 6-year period. Dr. Evers said that any patient with any kind of calcium buildup in the soft tissues of the body could benefit from EDTA therapy. Calcification of the pineal gland is a problem that has been identified as a possible cause of autism and that essentially, if the pineal gland is calcified, circadian rhythms in ASD kids are thrown off which causes them to experience perpetual jet lag, insomnia, and symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Click here to learn more about the pineal gland and autism.
Dr. H. Richard Casdorph performed studies on the use of EDTA to treat cardiovascular disease. He was an assistant clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, Irvine. In the book, Bypassing Bypass Surgery, Dr. Elmer M. Cranton stated that Dr. Casdorph was able to show a significant improvement in heart function and a statistically significant increase in blood flow to the brain of patients with atherosclerosis.
Blood flow to the brain or to the pineal gland is rarely featured as a possible cause of autism. Indeed, underlying poor blood flow to the brain or to the pineal gland can occur as a result of a lack of nutrients like vitamin K2 that transport calcium from the blood supply to the bone tissues. Vitamin K2 is no longer present as a nutrient in GMO foods like wheat, corn, and soy which further explains why an autism diet that seeks to avoid these foods and replace them with nutrient-rich foods is so important.
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A number of doctors believe that all dementias are “vascular dementias” which means that all dementia is ultimately caused by a lack of blood flow to all or part of the brain. Indeed, lack of blood flow can be “triggered” (to use the vocabulary of trauma and PTSD) by exposure to a toxin or a pathogen. The sympathetic nervous system branch of the autonomic nervous system is tasked to narrow the arteries leading to areas of the body that are infected or that are toxic. The narrowing of the blood vessels helps to prevent the spread of toxins or infectious pathogens to other areas of the body. Often, after an infection passes, the body will stay in a sympathetic-dominant state to close off areas that were previously infected as a reflex. Opening up blood vessels and blood flow to areas of the brain and body that have been closed off from adequate blood flow for various reasons is ultimately the “cure” for a number of diseases.A number of other doctors have studied EDTA and its effect on blood flow to the brain and other organs. EDTA chelation has been particularly miraculous in its curative effects on eye diseases like macular degeneration.
Despite all of the successes and the lack of serious side effects in the vast majority of patients, Dr. Evers was pulled into a legal battle in 1978 to validate his use of chelation therapy. He won a court case that had to do with a doctor’s right to use an FDA approved drug to treat a condition for which that drug had not been approved. The court ruled that doctors are the best qualified to make medical progress and to advance medical knowledge. The court recognized that there was an odd medical school of thought that EDTA chelation therapy had not been clinically shown to treat arteriosclerosis even though, in fact, the evidence submitted to the court unequivocally proved otherwise.
In addition to its ability to generally improve cardiovascular function and restore health to soft tissues of the body where calcium deposits or heavy metal deposits were disrupting proper function, EDTA chelation therapy is also able to do the following:
- Improve kidney function
- Decrease the amount of insulin required by diabetics
- Reduce arthritis symptoms
- Reduce symptoms of Parkinson’s disease
- Cancer relapse prevention (90% cancer relapse reduction)
- Autism treatment
- Alternative to amputation in some cases.
- Macular degeneration treatment
- Treatment for Mercury poisoning
- Treatment for Lead poisoning
Is EDTA a safe autism treatment?
Though EDTA chelation therapy has been demonized as “quackery” by the media, in fact, the Board of Medical Examiners has found that, after reviewing data about EDTAs healing effects, that EDTA is a legitimate treatment for a number of serious diseases and it is definitely not quackery.In 1993, a Danish study was done on 65 patients who were waiting for bypass surgery. These patients were treated with chelation therapy for 6 months. As a result of chelation therapy, 89% of the patients improved to a point where they were able to cancel their surgery. In 27 of the patients, 24 affected limbs were saved from amputation.
In another report titled, Historical Perspective on the Development of Chelation Therapies, 92 patients who were referred for cardiac bypass surgery were given chelation therapy. Only 10 of those patients required surgery after chelation. This study spanned a total of 6 years. None of the patients experienced side effects from EDTA and there were no deaths from the treatment.
Fast forward to October 10th, 2010. On this date, the FDA released a statement to the press saying that it had determined, in its infinite wisdom, that all over-the-counter chelation remedies were considered “unapproved drugs and devices” and that “unproven” claims about these chelation products would be viewed as a violation of federal law. This was an action that was taken to protect the interests of Big Pharma, not patients. Chelation therapy in its varied forms using IV EDTA therapy, herbs, Chlorine Dioxide Solution, or even Hyperbaric Oxygen / HBOT therapy can be used to cure diseases like autism, atherosclerosis, and even Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. As such, the humble herbal and nutritional chelators that are sold at affordable prices over-the-counter were starting to become too well-known with the general public because they actually do work. This statement by the FDA served to throw up a smoke screen so that chelation did not make a big enough splash to reach the masses.
As someone who seeks out and studies cures for diseases, I can say that merely seeing the word “unproven” in written documents about medicine piques my attention. After years of doing research into the science as well as the history of certain cures for diseases that have been demonized by modern conventional medicine, I recognize the word “unproven” as a clue that the FDA is trying to cover something up. The word “unproven” is a political word and not a scientific word which is why it is singularly important in doing research on cures for autism and other serious diseases. I could follow a breadcrumb trail of “unproven” cures for diseases and disorders to find the treatments that are, as a general rule, the most threatening to Big Pharma because they can cure the most profitable diseases on the planet like cancer and autism.
Dr. Rashid Buttar advocated for the use of EDTA chelation therapy for autism and he was one of the few doctors who cure autism. Unfortunately, Dr. Buttar was poisoned and killed in 2023, but his work has helped thousands of patients overcome autism and other serious illnesses like vaccine injury. Click here to read more about Dr. Rashid Buttar.
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How EDTA Chelation Therapy Works
EDTA chelation therapy generally involves administration of EDTA intraveously though it is also possible to administer EDTA as an anal suppository. The EDTA goes into the body and chelates or binds with heavy metals in tissues. After it binds to the heavy metals, they become inert and the EDTA-heavy-metal complex is then removed from the bloodstream by the kidneys.It is important to replace nutrient minerals that are lost during EDTA treatment. Nutrient minerals like iron, for example, are also metals though they are not “heavy metals”.
EDTA chelation therapy usually lasts for 2 to 4 hours and it costs between $50 to $100 per session. Patients typically receive between 5 to 30 treatments over the course of 30 days.
Is chelation therapy a safe autism treatment?
As the parent of a child with autism, it can be really hard to vet out safe autism treatments. While EDTA chelation therapy has a spectacular reputation for safety and lots of scientific research to back it up, mainstream autism sites that are sponsored by organizations like the Rockefeller Foundation or organizations that are overseen by the Carnegie’s or the Mellons are in place to protect Big Pharma, not patients. These websites are designed and developed to throw parents off the scent of actual cures for autism in order to protect the big pharmaceutical industries. Though technically, the information that they include online is true, these websites leave out crucial pieces of information. In other words, these sites are guilty of lies by omission.For example, one such web site that has the appearance of being a “grassroots” site, provides a Q&A about EDTA chelation for autism. The Q&A begins with the question:
“Can autism be caused by toxicity to metals?”
The answer that this web site provides to this question is:
“There is no evidence that persons with ASD have significant levels of heavy metal in their bodies. Given the small amount of Thimerosal in vaccines, the fact that Thimerosal was eliminated from vaccines several years ago, and the continuing increasing incidence of autism, the believability of this premise is quite weak.”
Whenever I see the words “there is no evidence that…” something is true or not, I pay close attention to what I’m reading. Often, the lack of evidence about a given “fact” happens because there is a lack of funding to prove the fact, not because the “fact” is untrue. To the extent that people unconditionally believe in and accept statements that begin with “there is no evidence that…”, the people with the most money get to decide what’s true and what’s not by simply limiting the funding to prove certain things that threaten big industry.
Also, there is no evidence that people with ASD have significant levels of heavy metal in their bodies because these people are not being tested for heavy metals at their doctor’s offices. Doctors are not permitted to test their ASD patients for heavy metals.
The second question in the Q&A on this site is:
“Is chelation dangerous?”
The answer to this question according to this web site is:
“Chelation has been shown to be potentially dangerous to humans. The American Heart Association notes that chelation can result in kidney failure, bone marrow depression, shock, low blood sugar, convulsions, cardiac arrhythmias, and respiratory arrest. The FDA warns of potential dehydration, and the AHA, FDA, and Brown, Willis, Omalu, and Leiker all report the potential for death by undergoing chelation therapy. It is clearly a risky treatment.”
The American Heart Association is funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. The FDA exists solely to protect the interests of Big Pharma. The FDA portrays itself as a government agency, but it isn’t actually connected to the U.S. government. When you read a response like this, you have to understand that the Rockefeller Foundation supports Big Pharma through the creation of organizations like the American Heart Association that seem to be philanthropic and patient-centric, but that actually exist to maintain mass belief in treatments that are costly and that will financially tether the patient to Big Pharma for the rest of their lives.
It is also important to point out that the American Heart Association supports the risks associated with bypass surgery for patients. The bypass surgery industry is incredibly profitable and EDTA chelation could easily destroy this industry if the masses knew that EDTA is an alternative to heart bypass surgery. In comparison with heart bypass surgery, EDTA is incredibly safe and much more affordable.
According to the actual scientific research and an extensive amount of anecdotal evidence from doctors who have worked with EDTA chelation therapy, this type of treatment is not only extremely safe, but also extremely effective at treating a number of serious disease states. That being said, not every child with autism will immediately see results from chelation therapy.
The last question in this Q&A is:
“Is chelation therapy actually effective in improving autistic symptomatology?”
The answer provided to this question is long and convoluted and designed to confuse parents and caregivers. The authors at this web site claim that, “The effectiveness of any chelation intervention is currently unsubstantiated.” Once again, as a reader and a researcher, you have to note that an intervention that is “unsubstantiated” may, in fact, be a miracle cure for autism or another disease. In order to “substantiate” a treatment like EDTA chelation for autism, a person, either a scientist or a doctor, would have to be willing to risk their reputation or their license (or both) and spend a massive amount of money to go through an FDA approval process that will only approve a medication/treatment if said medication/treatment does not threaten Big Pharma.
The authors of this material use words like “fad” and “debunked” to answer this question about chelation therapy. This is a common strategy that writers use to make people who are still interested in chelation therapy for autism feel stupid. Yet the word “fad” implies that chelation therapy is like a passing trend, yet it’s been in use in medicine for over 80 years. Also, the word “fad” implies that a large group of people are doing it. But this article also implies that chelation therapy is not regularly mentioned by doctors as an alternative treatment for autism. So again, there are lies of omission in the response to this question and if you aren’t fully tuned in as you read this material, you might draw the wrong conclusions about EDTA for autism.
The word “debunked” implies that chelation therapy is so weird and unusual that it’s like ghosts, hauntings, and the paranormal. After all, the word “debunked” came into common usage through paranormal television shows. Inserting words like “fad” and “debunked” into a discussion about medical treatments causes the subconscious mind to sit up and take notice. Words like “fad” and “debunked” have a connotation that native English experience notice and understand on a deeper level. Parents who are not able to read the material critically (perhaps because they are tired or overwrought) may pass over EDTA chelation for autism without realizing its potential utility for their child.
Autism and Heavy Metals: Summary
EDTA chelation therapy is threatening to Big Pharma because it points to the fact that vaccines containing mercury / thimerosal make kids sick. Though mercury poisoning is the main sticking point that has led to the Vax / Anti-Vax Movement, in fact, other heavy metals like lead poisoning have also been implicated in the development of autism.Children who develop autism after exposure to heavy metals like mercury or lead either from vaccines or through some other source, may benefit from EDTA chelation therapy. There is a huge effort put toward preventing parents from understanding EDTA chelation therapy, its safety profile, and what it can accomplish in terms of autism symptoms. Parents must take the time to learn not just about the medical treatment known as EDTA chelation, but also the politics surrounding this form of treatment before making a decision.
EDTA chelation therapy is the kind of treatment that should be administered as soon as possible for best results. EDTA chelation has been performed for over 80 years in conventional medicine and it has saved many lives. This is a type of therapy that could do so much more if other forms of treatment had not eclipsed it in terms of profitability.
Final Note: Cerebrolysin for Autism
If you find the studies into EDTA for autism compelling, you may also be interested in learning more about Cerebrolysin, an over-the-counter injectable medicine that has high autism cure rates. Consider working with both EDTA and Cerebrolysin to create an at-home autism protocol that's based on science and excellent results. Click here to learn more about Cerebrolysin for autism.Resources:
• Blaxill, M. F. et al. (2004) Thimerosal and autism? A plausible hypothesis that should not be dismissed. Retrieved June 28, 2024 from https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15082108/
• Bernard, S. et al. (2001). Autism: a novel form of mercury poisoning. Retrieved June 29, 2024 from https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11339848/
• EDTA.NET (2018). Medical History of EDTA Chelation. Retrieved June 28, 2024 from https://edta.net/the-early-history-of-edta-chelation/
• Taking a Close Look at Chelation Therapy. Retrieved June 28, 2024 from https://researchautism.org/blog/taking-a-close-look-at-chelation-therapy/
• Goel, A. and Aschner, M. (2021). The Effect of Lead Exposure on Autism Development. Retrieved June 28, 2024 from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7915585/
