Autism: Medical Treatments

(asked on 7th November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to prohibit the promotion, sale and use of Turpentine, GcMAF and Rerum as treatments for autism.


Answered by
Jackie Doyle-Price Portrait
Jackie Doyle-Price
This question was answered on 16th November 2017

There are no circumstances in which sodium chlorite or bleach, or these other substances, should be used as a treatment for autism.

We have been clear that these compounds have no proven or conceivable health benefit and may cause serious damage to health.

The Food Standards Agency has issued advice on sodium chlorite to local authorities to take appropriate action and placed consumer advice for oral products on its website.

Local authorities have responsibility for preventing the sale of these products through retail outlets under trading standards legislation.

Where there is any threat to the safety and wellbeing of a child, this may lead to offences of child cruelty being considered, requiring a wider safeguarding response involving the police, children's services and relevant partners. Such a threat could include any harm caused by the administration of a potentially noxious substance.

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