Keebler
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Thanks for that article.
And I thought GMO and farm chemicals were the biggest problem.
And guess what's in all those glucose IV bags for people in the hospital? Corn. GMO corn grown with fertilizers, pesticides and - mercury, too, perhaps?
GiGi
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The fact that mercury is in the foods and all tharound us, if a person has an allergy toward the toxic heavy metals, the body is unable to recognize the incoming mercury as a neurotoxin and therefore will just stick it away somewhere. That's when the problems really start.
I did know for years, mainly through Dr. K., that most chronically ill are sick because mercury is usually involved (or other toxic metals). I knew my husband was mercury toxic as was my son, but I did not know until recently that they are also allergic to mercury, lead, nickle and copper. I am not allergic to mercury. Maybe that is why I got well from Lyme so much more quickly and my husband is still trying to overcome some problems.
We just had our second allergy immun test and the heavy metal toxicities and the food allergies are no longer showing up. Also all the fungi/mold allergies are not showing up any longer.
Instead we now show toxins from a deeper level - industrial toxins wich usually (so I am told) do not show up until some other allergies are out of the way. Now, we are treating these with new drops as soon as they arrive.
On and on -- it goes. This should explain why some people do alright even with a mouthful of amalgams, but once chronic conditions arise, more and more toxin accumulating, allergies toward toxins should be considered.
Take care.
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sizzled
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A. Mercury's Effects and Exposure
"Most of the problem with mercury toxicity is its indolent, slow, smoldering effects that never let the patient know that mercury is at the root of the problem. Exposure to mercury beings in the womb where the mother transfers mercury to the fetus through the placenta. Once the fetus is out of the uterus there are many ways for mercury levels to begin to accumulate. The common areas where mercury is found are: Auto exhaust, Pesticides, Fertilizers, Amalgams (silver fillings), Drinking water (tap and well), Tanning leather, Felt, Bleached flour, Processed foods, Fabric softeners, Fish, Calomel (talc, body powder), Paint pigments and solvents, Cinnabar (used in jewelry), Laxatives, Mercurochrome/ methiolate, Cosmetics: mascara, Floor waxes and polishes, Wood preservatives, Plumbing--piping, Adhesives, Batteries, Air conditioner filters." -- "Heavy Metal Toxicity," Environmental and Preventive Health Center of Atlanta REF
B. Coal-fired Power Plants and Waste Incinerators Are Causing Massive Poisoning by Mercury in the U.S. Midwest
READ "Toxic Mercury Rains on U.S. Midwest," an article based on a startling report by the National Wildlife Federation, September 1999. (alternate site) [900 words]
C. Events of Mercury Poisoning
There have been several instances of mercury poisoning reported worldwide. In 1965 in Niigata, Japan, 330 people were infected by eating contaminated fish. Thirteen of these people died. In Iraq in 1961, in Pakistan in 1963, and in Guatemala in 1966, over 30 people were infected in each case by eating flour made from seeds treated with mercury containing fungicides. In the U.S., in New Mexico, a farmer and his family were poisoned from eating a hog which had been fed contaminated garbage.
The most infamous large-scale mercury poisoning occurred at Minamata Bay, Japan, in 1952. Minamata Bay: In 1952, in Minamata Bay, Japan, the most well-known instance of mercury poisoning occurred. The Chisson Chemical Company dumped mercury in Minamata harbor. The population of Minamata Bay ate contaminated fish from this harbor. As a result, 397 people were infected. Of these, 68 people died, including 22 unborn children. Minamata was the first known instance of widespread mercury poisoning. Mercury poisoning is sometimes referred to as "Minamata disease."
Optional: "A Dartmouth College scientist whose specialty was the dangers of heavy metals died of mercury poisoning this week, 10 months after as little as a drop of a rare toxic compound apparently seeped through her rubber gloves. Karen Wetterhahn, 48, had been hospitalized since January, when tests showed 80 times the lethal dose of mercury in her blood, a college investigation showed. After she was diagnosed on Jan. 28, Wetterhahn told investigators she remembered spilling one to several drops of dimethylmercury in August." -- Associated Press, 11 June 1997 01:38 AM ET, HANOVER, N.H. REF
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TerryK
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All food has mercury because it is ubiquitous in the environment.
This is an interesting article about coal burning and mercury pollution.
"Mercury is a naturally occurring element, but some 2000 tons of it enter the environment each year from human-generated sources such as incinerators, chlorine-producing plants and coal-burning power plants."
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emla999/Lyme
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According to reports, a former FDA scientist, Renee Dufault, told the FDA about her findings on mercury/HFCS, but the agency did nothing.
If that's true then the FDA has known for several years that HFCS contained mercury but they chose to do essentially nothing about it.
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Keebler
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Last week, a scientist from Colorado said that state has mercury raining down on its crops from the coal plants' emissions streaming over from China.
I knew it was along the west coast but seems it does move across the globe.
GiGi
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In order to put all of you at ease, detoxing excessive mercury is a lifelong chore. We dug it up, we dug it into our teeth, we use it in grain silos, and any forrest fire brings it from everyplace else because the trees, still our friends, try to absorb some of it from the atmosphere. So avoiding it when we can might be wise, but essentially it is a permanent problem.
Make sure that you are not allergic to it, because when you are, that's when it's stuck inside of you and the body has a hard time letting it go. Every Lymie who has taken the AI test so far, except myself, has found to be allergic to all four of these toxic metals - mercury, lead, nickle and copper. I missed out on mercury - I had it at one time, but was not allergic to it.
Take care.
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