Index Page- Toxic Metals
Toxic Metals Exposure and Health Effects
- Adults
Toxic Metals have
Endocrine Disruptive Effects
Toxic metals are
significant
factors in many types
of Cancers
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Index Summary- Toxic Metal Effects- Children-
Developmental, Cognitive, & Behavioral Effects
of Toxic
Metals
Bernie
Windham- Ed.
1. According to a
report
published
by the National Academy of Sciences, 50% of births in
the U.S. in the 1990s resulted in birth defects, significant
developmental
or neurological
conditions, or other significant chronic
conditions. The majority of these appear to be related to
prenatal
and
postnatal toxic
exposures
.
Toxic metals
are documented by EPA and the U.S. Dept of Health to be the most
significant and common of these exposures and to affect millions of
children.
2. Mercury
and
toxic metals are
neurotoxic,
endocrine-disrupting ,and damage the immune system
(17,100,101,105). They cause spontaneous abortions &
birth defects
, chronic developmental
conditions
,
neurological conditions
,
cardiovascular
conditions
, and
immune
conditions
to
millions of children. Most children get significant exposure to
mercury and toxic metals, that can be verified by simple,
relatively inexpensive
tests
(32). The majority of the thousands of children with
chronic neurological conditions that have been tested by clinics which use such
tests were found to have toxic levels of mercury or other toxic
metals, including lead, arsenic, antimony, tin, nickel, and
aluminum.
3. There has been a huge increase in
children’s neurological and developmental conditions such
as
autism,
schizophrenia, ADD, learning disabilities
, etc. and in immune
conditions
such as asthma, eczema,
diabetes
, and
allergies.
Inflammatory
effects
on the brain and immune system
due to toxic metal exposures (mercury, aluminum, etc.) and
excitotoxins
like vaccines, aspartame, MSG, and high fructose corn syrup
are major factors in such inflammatory conditions. Mercury and toxic
metals have been found to
inhibit
enzymatic processes
required
to digest milk casein and wheat gluten, resulting in
dumping neurotoxic substances like Beta Morphine-7
and gliadin in the blood, which are the main cause of the
schizophrenic symptoms in children with schizophrenia, autism, and ADHD. This
is why the commonly prescribed casein-free, gluten-free (CFGF) diet is
effective at reducing such effects.
4. Mercury is extremely
neurotoxic
and
immunotoxic
. Mercury and toxic metals also form strong
bonds with the hydroxyl radical(SH) in the body’s basic building blocks and
cellular fuel, amino acids, and blocks cellular level
enzymatic processes
such as those that
convert cysteine to sulfates,
taurine, glutathione,
etc. This results in an inability to properly digest amino acids
such as milk casein, wheat gluten, and sulfur foods; and results
in neurotoxic metabolites such as beta-
casamorphine
,
hydrogen sulfide, and sulfites in the blood and systems. The
majority of children with these condition show significant
improvements
when avoiding these foods, and after proper tests and
treatment for metals toxicity.
5. Infants commonly have
gotten significant exposures to mercury from
thimerosal
in vaccines and from
transfer across the placenta
of mother’s from
amalgam
dental fillings and from
breast
milk of mother’s with amalgam fillings or who eat a lot of
fish.
Mother’s dental amalgam
is the largest source of mercury to the
fetus of mothers who have amalgam fillings. High
exposures
to lead from house paint, soil, lead solder in
water fixtures, etc. is also common, along with exposures to
arsenic
from pressure treated wood and food, antimony
from fire protective materials like Scotch guard, aluminum from cookware
and processed food, nickel from dental materials such as crowns and braces, and
cadmium from shellfish, fish, and other sources.
6. Mercury
and toxic metals also accumulate in the
hormonal
glands and adversely affect hormone system function and
regulation of the pituitary gland, thyroid, hypothalamus, and adrenal
glands as well as the
pancreas
. These affects
along with neurological effects result in widespread cases
of
ADD
,
depression
, anxiety,
hypothyroid conditions
, and other neurological and hormonal
effects.
7. Toxic metal exposures
and the resulting metabolic imbalances and disorders have been found to be a
major factor in
violent prone behavior, sociopathic behavior
,
juvenile
deliquency
, criminality, and
mass murderers/serial killers
.
8. There is a growing
crisis of neurological and immune developmental problems affecting U.S. infants
and children related to
toxic exposures
and inflammatory
excitotoxins
from the environment, the food chain, and exposure though
doctor or dental practices.
9. For some
other websites of clinics and medical labs with good information on testing and
treatment of these conditions see:
Great Smokies Diagnostic Lab, (
www.gdx.net
) click on (by condition) and search News
(for autism, ADHD, depression, etc.)
Brain-Balance Clinics
- Natural Treatment for Autism
and PDD (Pervasive Developmental Disorders) (
10. Based on experience
of many treating these conditions, toxic metals and essential mineral
imbalances are almost always present in PDD conditions such as autism, ADD,
schizophrenia, learning disabilities, etc. And chelation/ detoxification
have been found to be by far the most successful treatment method for
children’s neurological conditions like
autism
and
Aspergers
Disease
, according to a survey of many thousands of parents
by the Autism Association, and also the treatment with by far the least
significant adverse effects.
For a good screening
test for toxic metal exposures and essential mineral imbalances a hair elements
test which is inexpensive and easy can be made through your doctor by
ordering the kit from
www.doctorsdata.com
or www.gdx.net
Without a doctor, a kit
can be ordered from
Great Plains Laboratory
A blood test kit
for mercury can be ordered from Quicksilver Scientific at
www.quicksilver.com
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