"Chelating agents have been found to mobilize metals in healthy individuals, " said the statement.

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In 2003 a study found that chelating agents caused 221 autistic children to expel mercury in their urine.

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Two to four times a week, Stemp spent four hours hooked to an IV that transfused a chelating chemical.

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They test a patient's urine for metals, give a chelating agent, then test the urine again to see if it has more metal.

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That year, at the Advanced Integrative Medicine Center near Pittsburgh, a 5-year-old autistic boy from England died when the wrong chelating agent was used.

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But chelating arteries has never been shown to work in trials.

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