If you read the more recent comments this appears to be a hoax. The story does not appear through any other media sources (traditional or alternative)
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2007/11/an_update_on_cancer_boy.php is an interesting deconstruction of the story... On Nov 8, 2007 2:29 PM, Darryl or Natalia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A mother in California has been placed in solitary with a gag order > slapped on her for defying the establishment and taking her now cured son > for alternative holistic health care. Her son Chad was alleviated of > melanoma after a five week alternative treatment program. Despite the fact > that the wound has healed and new tests, including both a biopsy and blood > work were performed by allopaths which resulted in negative findings, both > Child Protective Social Services Dept. and a biased judge really have it out > for these two. They insist that Chad undergo surgery and chemical treatments > because the dissed G.P. (*not an oncologist*), whose lab first diagnosed > the youth, insists that the cancer is merely hidden elsewhere, somewhere > deep in his organs. There's a great deal more to the story, which brings to > light the intense influence of Pharma upon the judicial system, government > and the cancer treatment business. Meanwhile, a whole other potentially more > vibrant industry, along with people's right for choice and healthier > alternatives to invasive surgeries and deadly chemical cocktails, is either > being suppressed or indirectly enforced upon patients by one of the > deadliest industries out there. > > Chad is actually 17, and points out that he is old enough to fight for his > country's freedom, but is still denied the right to make his own decisions > relating to his own body. His mother would like to see an equivalent to > Virginia's Abraham's Law brought to California, which would allow children > who are capable of making informed decisions determine the course of their > own healthcare. To be sure, Pharma will put up a big fuss before it's ever > brought to a vote, but California, trend setting state for alternative > medicine and organic foods, is likely to have a great deal of support for > such a law or an expanded version of it. > > My guesstimate (not simply based on this one story, of course) is that > alternative health treatments industries have the potential to outdo related > Pharma industries, and that another vast job sector is just waiting to > explode. > > Natalia Kuzmyn > > http://angryscientist.wordpress.com/2007/10/03/mother-jailed-put-on-trial-for-curing-her-son-of-melanoma/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com/>: Outbound message clean. > > Virus Database (VPS): 071107-0, 11/07/2007 > Tested on: 11/8/2007 11:29:09 AM > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2007 ALWIL Software. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca > http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > >
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