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Toxic metals pose the second worst environmental health problem
in the United States according to a 300 page study by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency. Toxic metals are widely used
in industry, food processing, and agriculture and find their
way into our air, food and water. Certain good habits can beneficially
change your intake and uptake of toxic metals. These include
eating a high fibre diet, avoiding conventional foods grown
with pesticides and artificial fertilizers, and eating organic
grown
foods. Through our thorough diagnosis procedure we are able
to tell exactly what toxic materials are present in your body
and can then effectively remove them. The customized personal
rejuvenation plan will take in to account your individual circumstances,
providing the necessary course of action to remove these metals
from your life.
Toxicology
Testing Areas:
Toxicology testing in this burdened environment is mandatory.
No naturopathic physician, homeopathic doctor, alternative
medical physician or natural holistic healer can ignore the
fact that our environment has been exploited in a way that
is detrimental to our health. Toxicology testing provides us
with answers about the depraved state of nature at present,
it provides us with answers how to identify the chemicals,
and toxins in general, and establishes the identity of the
substance which alleviates the toxic condition. A practice
without toxicology testing is incomplete, and will not be successful
without the clinical elimination of environmental toxins.
Neurotoxins, immunotoxins
Recent articles in the medical literature have shown that
the rate of cancers not associated with smoking is higher for
those born after 1940 than before, and that this increase of
cancer is due to environmental factors not related to smoking.
We are also experiencing the new medical diagnosis of sick
(closed) building syndrome and multiple chemical sensitivity,
both of which are known to be related to overexposure to environmental
contaminants. The environmental toxins which cause the most
problems are pesticides, solvents, and heavy metals.
Prevalence of environmental toxins in humans
Our environment is currently flooded with chemicals that contaminate
our air, our water, our food and ourselves. The Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) studied the toxic load in humans. The
results area cause of great concern. Five chemicals - dioxin,
styrene, 1-4 dichlorobenzene, xylene and ethyl phenol - were
found in 100% of the samples tested.
Sources of environmental toxins
Toxicology testing reveals that both outdoor and indoor air
are contaminated. The Environmental Protection Agency has documented
the following chemicals as ubiquitous in the air: p-xylene,
tetrachloroethylene, ethylbenzene, benzene, 1,1,1,- trichlorethane,
o-xylene. Those listed as ‘often present’ were:
Chloroform, carbon tetra-chloride, styrene, p-dichlorobenzene.
DDE is formed by partial de-chlorination of DDT. These chlorinated
pesticides are found in our food chain. Toxicology testing
reveals the highest concentrations of these toxins in spinach,
butter collards, pork sausage, and lamb chops.
Health Effects of environmental toxins
Accumulation of recurrent low level exposures to environmental
toxins is damaging to health. Not only are cancer rates rising,
but there is currently an alarming rise in the incidence if
asthma. Certain environmental toxins create an estrogenic effect
on wild life and possibly humans as well.
Thus the effects of environment toxins show in the nervous
tissue, the glands, and the immune system.
Immunotoxicity
Environmental chemicals damage the immune system. Decreased
cell mediated immunity (with a decrease in infection and tumor
fighting) to increased sensitivity (allergy) and increased
autoimmunity. Organochlorine compounds, abbreviated as OCC,s,
like DDT, hexachlorobenzene, a chlorinated pesticide used as
fungicide, perchlorethylene, damage the immune system. Poly-cyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons inhibit the function of the immune system,
and are highly carcinogenic. Organo-phosphate pesticides such
as polybrominated biphenyls result in lower levels of circulating
T-Lymphocytes and reduced cell mediated immunity. A high prevalence
of persistent skin, neurological and musculoskeletal symptoms.
Autoimmune disease
Some volatile organic compounds, as is demonstrated with toxicology
testing, induce tissue specific autoimmune reactions by acting
as heptanes. These low molecular-weight molecules will bind
to various tissues in the body, making a new antigenic combination.
An example of this is formaldehyde.
Toxin-associated cancers
Breast cancer has a very clear association with environmental
chemicals. Childhood cancers have also been evaluated for epidemiological
association with chemical exposure. Positive association was
found between brain cancer and exposure to no-pest strips,
termite treatment, Kwell shampoo (Lindane), flea collars on
pets, Diazinon use in the garden or orchard, and the use of
herbicides in yards. 2,4 D, a chlorophenoxy acid herbicide,
gained notoriety from its combination with 2,4,5-T to form
a mixture known as “Agent Orange”. It is commonly
used by cities and states to spray roadways and right-of-way
to keep the weeds down. It contains several dioxin contaminants.
Several studies have shown associated exposure to solvents
with hematologic malignancies, such as acute myelogenous leukemia,
multiple myeloma, and other forms of leukemia. Workers exposed
to trichloroethylene showed excess cancers of cervix, uterus,
stomach, liver and brain.
Neurotoxicity:
Most of the major classes of pesticides kill as a neurotoxin.
All of these agents produce various forms of damage to the
nerves. For example, adriamycin affects the dorsal root ganglia,
cisplatin the sensory neurons, and manganese (metal fume fever)
produces a Parkinson-like syndrome.
Endocrinotoxicity
OCCs damage the endocrine organs and have a documented
estrogenic effect. Aliphatic compounds (3-6 carbons in length
with electronegative groups on both ends) cause necrose in
the adrenals, where glucocorticoid is produced. OCCs
and carbamates cause tissue degeneration. Cadmium and CCL4
have both an affinity for the hypothalamus, with decreased
secretions of corticosteroids , both glucocorticoid steroids
and androgenic steroids. Dioxins and mirex (used to treat fire
ants) cause hypoglycemia. Compounds which inhibit thyroid function
are thiourea, thiouracil, PTU, carbimazole, aniline, PABA,
substituted phenols like resorcinol, phloroglucinol.
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