Archive for the ‘Heavy Metal Toxicity’ Category

By Sarah Luck on July 24, 2008
The Australian Government is giving the green light to use drugs as the first line of treatment for ADHD.  Doctors and specialists no longer need to pretend to search for a cause behind a child’s behavioural and learning problems they can now simply write out a prescription for Ritalin or dexamphetamine, [...]

It´s always easy to blame the victim, especially when so-called behavioral issues arise. We view behavior as voluntary actions, decisions, and reactions. In this way, we convince ourselves that behavior can be controlled with mere self-control. Further, since we ourselves have self-control, behavioral issues will never affect us. It´s “their” problem and “they” need to [...]

Chelation is needed to help distribute nutrients within our bloodstream, to our different organ systems, and to keep nutrients stored in the right place. It is a process that goes on constantly and is required not only for living things but also for formation of the earth itself. Minerals and other nutrients depend on chelation [...]

By Dr. Rashid A. Buttar
I was interviewed a few weeks ago by First Magazine regarding the issue of mercury in dental amalgams.  We discussed the prevalence and danger of mercury toxicity due to the presence of dental amalgams in a huge percentage of the population.  We also talked about how the ten-year court case to [...]

Two of Turkey’s biggest cities have tap water containing arsenic in excess of legal limits, while water levels in the biggest city’s reservoirs have fallen alarmingly low. The problem could grow to unmanageable proportions if long-term water management policies are not developed, experts warn.
Faced with climate change and associated problems, the world’s nations are developing [...]

“The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives.” - American Indian Proverb
* By Mark Sircus Ac., OMD
Every day in the United States more than 240 million people turn on their faucets in order to drink, bathe, and cook, using water from public water systems. But more people are arriving to the [...]

BETHESDA, MARYLAND, Jul. 10 -/E-Wire/– Lead introduced in the environment through recreational hunting, shooting sports, and fishing poses a potential hazard to both wildlife and humans, according to a new technical review by The Wildlife Society (TWS) and American Fisheries Society (AFS).
“The Wildlife Society (TWS) supports legal and ethical hunting and fishing and recognizes its [...]

Found this on the Lymebytes Blog
Dr. Richard Horowitz, MD, in Hyde Park, New York, has treated over 10,000 Lyme disease patients. Whoa. That’s a lot of people. So when he recently spoke at a LIA (Lyme-Induced Autism) conference, I really listened. I figured, somebody who has treated thousands of people has got to know a [...]

By CARLA K. JOHNSON (Associated Press Writer)
From Associated Press
July 09, 2008 6:46 AM EDT
CHICAGO - Pressured by desperate parents, government researchers are pushing to test an unproven treatment on autistic children, a move some scientists see as an unethical experiment in voodoo medicine.
The treatment removes heavy metals from the body and is based on the [...]

By Dr. Elizabeth Smoots
Young children explore the world mainly through sucking, licking and tasting. How often I hear parents of toddlers exclaim: “Don’t put that in your mouth!”
This developmental trait puts kids at high risk for getting lead poisoning. Swallowing tiny chips of leaded paint from dust in older buildings, toys imported from China, and [...]