Why Detox?
What we eat, drink, and breath now...will not just affect us, but our children's children's children...
Science journal research shows womb pollutants may be causing what we once thought were inherited diseases. "Ghost in Your Genes", a program devoted to this research recently aired on PBS' NOVA. Access it here.
Vaccinations / Austism
Here is a eye-opening set of interviews on the possible effect of toxic exposure due to vaccinations and the link between vaccinations and Autism as found on the Foundation for Autism Information and Research, Inc. site.
Gulf War Syndrome and Autism are caused by vaccinations with thimerosal
Part 1 video interview with Dr. Boyd Haley
Part 1 video interview with Dr. Thomas Burbacher
Part 1 video interview with Dr. Mady Hornig
Part 1 video interview with Dr. Mark R. Geier, MD, PhD.
Part 1 video interview with Dr. Andrew Wakefield, MB BS FRCS FRCPath
These are the first of four-part high speed version interviews for Windows Media.
Click Here for parts 2-4 of each interview, and for low bandwidth (dial-up connection) versions using either Windows Media or Real Player.
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Toxins:
- According to this study, Industrial pollution starts in the womb
- How safe is your community? Check yours here
- What is the level of heavy metals in your body?
- Click here to get a test for yourself.
- Click here to see before and after test results.
Mercury
- This report shows the presence and danger of mercury in fish for women of childbearing age
- Why is NCD important for removing mercury in children born after 2003?
- Read what David Kirby, author of Evidence of Harm posted on the Huffington Post Blog here.
Lead
Arsenic
- USDA acknowleges that 70% of chicken we eat contains arsenic but says the levels are "safe".
- Read this May 2006 report and decide if it's a risk you want to take.
- Read about "Invisible Killers"in Rik Deitsch's newsletter
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TOXICITY IN THE ENVIRONMENT
Indiana health department screens 700 children for lead poisoning.
The Indianapolis Star (8/15, Thomas) reported, "A steady stream of concerned parents lined up in the Toys 'R' Us parking lot on the far southside today to have their children tested for lead poisoning." Sponsored by the Johnson County and Marion County health departments, the free tests were set up "a day after Mattel announced the recall of more than 9 million toys that could contain potentially hazardous lead paint or magnets."
Indiana's NBC-affiliate WTHR-TV (8/15) added, "Almost 700 children have been screened for lead poisoning following...[the] recall, the Marion County Health Department said Wednesday." WNDU-TV (8/16) notes that Rebekah Waechter, the lead program coordinator at St. Joseph County's Health Department, said, "Lead causes brain damage" and it "could lead to lower IQ, decrease intelligence, ADHD problems, other health problems, dizziness [and] fatigue." Waechter also said that hospitals have many "tools and equipment...to test for lead on products, some more effective than others." But she maintains that "the most effective way to test...child[ren] is through a blood test." More here
Vinyl baby bibs may contain lead.
The New York Times (8/15, Lipton) reported, "Certain vinyl baby bibs sold at Toys 'R' Us stores appear to be contaminated with lead, laboratory tests have shown, making the inexpensive bibs another example of a made-in-China product that may be a health hazard to children." Financed by the Center for Environmental Health of Oakland, Calif., a number of tests found that lead levels were "three times the level allowed" by federal safety limits.
The Houston Chronicle /AP (8/16, Wohlsen) adds, "Lead most commonly occurs in vinyl products as a stabilizer or a pigment," but it can "also occur unintentionally when recycled vinyl used for other purposes becomes part of a new product." The watchdog group said that "it intended to sue [Toys 'R' Us] if the retailer failed to take the bibs off store shelves in California." A spokeswoman for the toy store chain "said tests performed in May by a lab contracted by the company found that the bibs met not just federal standards, but California's more stringent limits on lead content." However, "more bibs were being pulled from the shelves Wednesday for further testing." CNN Story here
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Imported candy recalled for containing lead.
The Los Angeles Times (7/21) reported, "The California Department of Public Health warned consumers Friday not to eat a certain type of candy imported from Mexico because it contains 'high levels of lead' that could cause health problems, particularly in pregnant women and young children." The "tamarind-flavored sweet," De La Rosa Pulparindo candy, "is packaged in bright red, 10-ounce boxes containing individually wrapped pieces of about half an ounce each. The boxes are marked with the word 'Pulparindo' in bold black letters."
Toys may contain excessive lead amounts
Bloomberg (8/2, Burke) reports, "Mattel Inc., the world's largest toymaker, is recalling 1.5 million products around the world including Chinese-made Sesame Street and Dora the Explorer toys as they may contain 'excessive levels' of lead." Furthermore, Mattel "will review production by contractors in China, origin of 65 percent of its toys, in a move that may force it to find new sources for low-cost manufactured goods." According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, "Elmo's Guitar, Ernie Splashin' Fun Trike and 81 other types of 967,000 Fisher-Price-branded preschool toys sold in U.S. stores since May are included in the recall."
Check the US Consumer Product Safety Commission for recalls |
