This page is material from the award-winning investigation by Brian Deer for The Sunday Times of London, with spin-offs for a UK TV network and a top medical journal, which exposed vaccine research cheat Andrew Wakefield | Summary | Read the book

Transfer factor quacks move into autism

In October 2004, Brian Deer attended an Autism Society of America conference in Indianapolis as part of his investigation for the UK’s Channel 4 network. There he found rows of tables at which quacks peddled remedies, including transfer factor, a worthless product. Read the literature for yourself:

Transfer factor scam

Transfer factor scam

When Deer asked about the claims in the brochure, and whether the “paper” beneath it was a proper basis for selling products to parents of autistic children, he was ejected by security staff. So much for the Autism Society of America…

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