Heavy Metal Poisoning
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Lead Toxicity:
Lead is one of the most studied metals and much information has been accumulated on its toxicity.
Potential Health Risks:
- Lead exposure has been shown to cause severe anemia, permanent brain damage, neurological disorders, reproductive problems, diminished intelligence and a host of other diseases.
- Nearly 900,000 American children each day are treated for lead poisoning. Particularly vulnerable are infants, small children and pregnant women.
- According to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, part of the U.S. Public Health Service, the major exposure of lead to the general population in food is through fruits and grains.
- Lead in the food chain comes mostly from direct deposit from the air to plants and from livestock eating soil laced with lead as they eat the plants. The bans on leaded gasoline and paint have reduced exposure. Imported foods, however, may still contain significant levels of lead (chocolate, coffee beans, etc.)
- Some older pieces of china may contain lead which can leach out from the surface of the dish and get into foods and beverages. Then, when the food is eaten, the lead gets into the body. Precautions that can be taken to reduce your exposure to lead in food include, avoiding the use of glazed pottery and pewter dishes to serve or store food, avoiding the storage of beverages in leaded glass decanters, keeping the home clean and as dust free as possible, eating a variety of foods
- Lead in your drinking water
- Dental fillings
Paint: Many homes built in the U.S. before 1978 and ninety percent of houses built before 1940 contain lead paint. A contemporary risk of lead poisoning comes from scented candles. According to the Environmental Illness Society of Canada, some candle makers are still using lead cores in their wicks, which can result in lead particles being emitted into the air of a home.
- If you live in or are planning to buy a house built before 1978 have an inspector check it.
- If you discover lead in your home, consider covering over paint with wallpaper, paneling or a thick coat of new paint (make sure it is non-toxic paint!). Be careful about preparing the surface, however, scraping off loose chips or sanding can stir up the lead dust.
- Don't dry-vacuum lead dust -- it will just stir it up. Use an HEPA vacuum cleaner, which has an ultra-fine filter that traps tiny dust particles.
- If you have a young child at home who is at risk for lead exposure, talk to your physician about having the child's blood tested for lead levels.
- For more information, call the National Lead Information Center at (800) 424-LEAD
Heavy Metals and our Immune System:
Heavy metals such as lead, mercury and cadmium all depress the immune system even at low levels.
- Cadmium comes from cigarette smoke and as a toxic by-product of metal plating industries, which can get into the water supply. Cadmium slows down the speed of the B-cells' producing antibodies in the immune system.
- Lead slows T- and B-cell response.
- Mercury reduces the number of T-cells and reduces activity in the immune system. Also causes memory loss.
- All three of the metals reduce the activity and speed the macrophages, thereby increasing susceptibility to infection.
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How Heavy Metals Affect the Brain:
Brain tissue has an attraction for heavy metals such as lead, mercury, cadmium, and others. When heavy metals appear in the brain they can interfere with your natural brain chemistry. This interference, overtime, can accelerate the onset of dementia or Alzheimer's.
Aluminum is an element that has been associated with Alzheimer's. Aluminum has been found in high levels in people's brain that have died of Alzheimer's. The evidence points to aluminum been involved with Alzheimer's.
There is a lot of controversy about whether aluminum can bring on Alzheimer's. But because the Aluminum Industry is so powerful, it has blocked and campaigned against any reports that point to aluminum's involvement in dementia or Alzheimer's.
Here is a list of products that contain aluminum:
- Antacids, aluminum wrap, pans, pot, rice cookers, small oven trays, soft drink cans, various food cans, toothpaste tubes, water, roll on deodorants
Here is what heavy metals do:
- Lead - makes you aggressive and hyperactive
- Cadmium - makes you confused and aggressive
- Mercury - gives you headaches, causes memory loss
- Aluminum - is associated with dementia and Alzheimer's Disease
Heavy metals come from air pollution, smoking, pesticides, fillings. (For tips to stop smoking, please click here.)
Be aware of how heavy metals and aluminum get into your body, since they will end up in your brain and accumulate along your artery walls with cholesterol. Having loss of memory and other mental abilities is not result of aging. It is a result of poor diet and excess consumption of pollution and toxins.
Minimizing Heavy Metal Damage:
Here is how to minimize heavy metal damage.
- For all of these metals, food supplements, such as zinc, vitamin C, selenium, calcium and fiber, can provide some degree of protection and possible removal.
- Electrolytic mineral supplements or eat a lot of fruits and vegetables high in minerals. The good minerals compete to get absorb in your intestines with the heavy metals. Good minerals will get absorbed leaving behind the heavy metals. These heavy metals will then be excreted out of your body.
- Also drinking a lemon and chlorophyll drink is helpful. Chlorophyll attaches to heavy metals and help to remove them from your body. Drink this every morning. Here's how to make this drink. Combine juice of one lemon, 8 oz of distilled water, and 1-2 oz of chlorophyll.
- Garlic helps to eliminate lead, zinc, and other toxins from body tissues.
Heavy Metal Poisoning in Birds
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