Everyday heavy metal toxicity

Everyday heavy metal toxicity


(NaturalNews) We have no idea of the heavy metal dangers lurking about
us. So, I am gong to present common heavy metals, what they may cause in
cumulative amounts and their common sources.

LEAD
Constipation;
Vomiting; Learning difficulties; Mental retardation; Hyperactivity;
Vertigo; Gout, arthritis; kidney damage; Birth defects; Coordination
inabilities; Muscle weakness; Anorexia; Seizures; Cirrhosis of the
liver; Metallic taste sensations; Thyroid dysfunction; Nausea; Diarrhea;
Difficulty in concentration; Confusion; Restlessness; Insomnia; Muscle
aches; Fatigue; Pituitary damage; Impotence/sterility; Tremors;
Degeneration of motor neurons; Schizophrenic-like behavior; Growth
problems in long bones; Cataracts; Headaches; Anemia; Lead-lined gums.

CADMIUM
Emphysema;
Hypertension; Kidney damage; Arteriosclerosis; Abdominal cramps; Colic;
Diarrhea; Slow healing acne; Nausea/vomiting; Liver disease; Anemia.

MERCURY
Tremors;
Birth defects; Kidney damage; Nausea; Loss of hearing or vision;
Gingivitis; Vertigo; Nervousness; Fatigue; Chromosome damage; Insanity;
Abdominal pain; Vomiting; Mental retardation; Tooth loss; Headaches;
Skin eruptions.

ALUMINUM
Digestive disorders; Colic; Gastritis; Dementia; Alzheimer's; Seizures; Motor and behavioral dysfunction; Skin rash; Headache.

COPPER
Mental
disorders; Anemia; Arthritis/rheumatoid arthritis; Hypertension;
Nausea/vomiting; Hyperactivity; Schizophrenia; Insomnia; Autism;
stuttering; Copper deposits in kidney, liver, brain, eyes; Postpartum
psychosis; Inflammation and enlargement of liver; Heart problems; Cystic
fibrosis.

NOW, WHERE AND HOW

LEAD
Auto exhaust; Industrial smelters and paint factories; Lead water
pipes; Industrial pollution in the water; Pesticide runoff; Acid rain
be it industrial or volcanic; Roof paint through the catchment system;
Lead paint on children's cribs which they eat because it tastes sweet;
Cigarettes due to lead
arsenate as an insecticide; Insecticides/fungicides; Burning newspapers
due to the lead in the ink; Soldered items; Gardens near a main road;
Children playing near main roads; Jogging on main roads; Commercial baby
milk; Industrial materials such as nails, solder, plaster, putty;
Shellfish; Gasoline; Bullets; Organ meats; Dog food; Cosmetics, Dolomite; Paper clips; Cooking utensils; Hair colorings; Wines; Leaded toothpaste tubes.

CADMIUM
Cigarettes; Fertilizers; Water pipes; Soft drink dispensers; Coal burning; Refined foods.

MERCURY
Dental
fillings; Pesticides/ fungicides; Pollution; Fish; Adhesives; Fabric
softeners; Drugs; Coal burning; Cosmetics; Water-based paints; Chemical
fertilizers; White powdered laxatives.

ALUMINUM
Deodorants;
Cookware; Emulsifiers in cheese processing; Baking powder; Construction
materials; Antacids; Foil; Salt (Anti-caking ingredients); Beer and soda
cans; Catchment water.

COPPER
Copper water pipes; Copper water heaters; Meats using copper
sulfate as a growth enhancer; Frozen greens and canned greens using
copper to produce an ultra-green color; Zinc deficiency; Alcoholic
beverages from copper brewery equipment; Instant gas hot water heaters;
Hormone pills; Pesticides. insecticides; fungicides; Copper jewelry;
Copper cooking pots.

Okay, from what you read above, it is
obvious that these substances can pose some serious health risks. This
knowledge has come slowly and with a lot of suffering.

The entire
Roman Empire routinely dosed itself with toxic lead by drinking out of
lead goblets, lining its aqueducts with lead, or even adding wine in the
form of lead acetate. Called "sugar of lead" to enhance its flavor and
sweet taste.

In the seventeenth century the serious condition of "painter's colic" was recognized as being lead related.

Later,
laws were passed to prevent rum from being made in lead-containing
pots. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries lead poisoning was
epidemic in the upper classes, which habitually drank an excess of
lead-containing port wine.

Exposure of workers to toxic metals
has been the major source of knowledge about their harmful effects.
Industrial technology recognizes that toxic exposure to lead, cadmium,
mercury, aluminum, copper, and other less common metals may cause
serious disease and even be fatal.

With this awareness came the
establishment of permissible levels or threshold limits to monitor
workers and their environments. Blood and urine tests have been used
primarily to diagnose a suspected toxicity,
but for the most part estimation of probable heavy metal levels is the
major preventive measure. Even among the orthodoxy there is
dissatisfaction with these inexact methods and the heavy reliance on
threshold limit values, which do not take into consideration individual
differences between heavy metal susceptibility, other sources of
contamination off the job, the effect of a closed environment, or the
fact that some heavy metals like lead are cumulative in their effects.

The
real question, however, has been at which point do these substances
cause even a slight deviation from health? The assumption is usually
that some toxic metal absorption is harmless. But many now feel that
even slight amounts may cause abnormal physical and mental problems.

Threshold
limits are clearly designed to protect the majority of workers from
clinical disease, bit it's the subclinical symptoms of heavy metal
poisoning that may be the greatest threat to the health and well-being
of the industrial worker.

With the rise of industrialization,
heavy metal pollution of the air, water, and the food chain became an
increasing problem. Now, environmental exposure is unavoidable. By the
1950s routine tests of "symptomless"
U.S. kids showed hundreds of thousands with toxic lead levels.

Look
at the variety of ways we are getting metallically polluted -
cigarettes, auto exhaust, newspapers, canned foods, frozen foods,
aluminum cookware, insecticides, fungicides, pesticides, water pipes,
cosmetics, hair dyes, antacids, deodorants, and now the chemtrails that
drop aluminum, barium and strontium on us day by day.

So, what do
we do when prevention of metal poisoning is not easy, despite it being
vital to health and well-being? Obviously, we need to avoid consuming
contaminated foods and water for openers. All canned food or frozen
green foods are suspect because of the possibility of lead-containing
solder used in canned foods and copper sulfate used in canned and frozen
green vegetables to give them an ultra green color to aid in marketing.

Then
any food exposed to insecticides, pesticides, for fungicides could have
high levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, copper, or other toxic chemicals
and should be strictly avoided. Yet, Monsanto asserts that their crops
sprayed with enormous amounts of roundup Ready pesticide and the active
ingredient in Agent Orange is perfectly safe and fit for human
consumption.

Bottom line: the safest vegetables to eat are the
ones that are organically grown. If you have your own garden, make sure
you are at least 25 to 50 feet away from a major road. And the further
the better.

Cooking utensils with copper or aluminum surfaces
should never be used. Use stainless steel, tempered glass, or non-lead
glazed earthenware.

Since heavy metals tend to concentrate within
the ocean food chain, passing from bacteria to algae, then to small
fish and later to big fish, it is important to stay away from fish or at
least not eat too much. Eating sea vegetables is fine because they do
not have muscles or flesh to store the toxins.

Then there's commercial meats, which are generally unfit for human consumption.

Water
supplies are difficult to change for most people. Those living in very
old houses might want to check the plumbing to be sure that lead is used
nowhere in the system as the most potent dose of heavy metals comes
from water in the morning after it has been in the pipes all night. To
be safe, let the water run first thing in the morning for about 2
minutes to drain the crap out. Water filters work well also.

Although
it is the duty of an employer to prevent occupational heavy metal
poisoning, many seem clueless as to the health risk. There was a project
that was undertaken with auto body shops. Spot checks were done and it
was found that not a single shop required their workers to wear air
filter masks while on the job.

Day after day, year after year,
there workers were exposed to an incredible amount of heavy metals in
the grinding, sanding, and painting process, completely oblivious to the
dangers to which they were being subjected to. People involved in such
industries should do a yearly hair analysis as a preventative measure.

The
human fetal brain concentrates heavy metals very quickly. It is
therefore essential that pregnant mothers make all efforts to avoid
these poisons.

Kids are also very susceptible as well. So if a
playground is near a major road, find another place for your kid to
play. Even soft drinks from beverage dispensers can cause toxic metal
poisoning.

And if, God forbid, your kid has learning difficulties
or behavioral disorders, get him a hair analysis to discern toxic
metals before being subjected to other treatments. Actually, this
applies to everyone.

Let's get into detox. First and foremost the
organic sulfur crystals remove toxins, heavy metals, radiation, and
parasites, which everyone has.

Next would be short periods of
citrus fruit or apple mono diets that are useful in the elimination
process. Each individual will determine his her length of the initial
mono diet. The more severe the toxicity, the shorter will be the first
elimination. The usual period for the first mono diet is 3 to 7 days.

Following
this fairly rapid detoxification would be a mostly raw foods regimen
with the exception of cooked beans or lentils as protein.

The diet would consist of hot water and lemon juice as soon as you get out of bed,
Breakfast would be fresh grapefruit or green apples.
Between breakfast and lunch should be carrot juice.
Lunch should be a green salad with cooked beans or lentils.
Between lunch and dinner more carrot juice.
Dinner should be a cooked vegetarian meal with plenty of organic green vegetables, seaweeds and beans or lentils.
Then, later in the evening, some raw apple juice or carrot juice.

Oh
yeah, 1 tablespoon of raw bran should be taken with all meals and
Spiulina should be added whenever possible. Your water should be as pure
as possible and there should be no alcohol and no cigarettes or tobacco
of any kind.

This should be done for about 2 weeks.

Between
you and me, the sulfur crystals are easier to do and you will detox.
After it is finished the detox will never come back and you will also
never get the flu. A cold, yes. The flu, no.

Aloha!

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