If you’ve purchased any “chelation” products, read this…

The Washington Post (10/15, Stein) reports that on Oct. 14, officials from the Food and Drug Administration “announced a crackdown on” chelation, “a controversial therapy widely hawked on the Internet and elsewhere as an alternative treatment for conditions such as autism, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease by ‘cleansing’ the body.” In fact, the FDA “said it has sent warning letters to several companies notifying them that the substances they sell without a prescription for…’chelation’ are ‘unapproved drugs and devices,’ which makes them illegal.”