Re: Re: Platinum testing

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Please note Dr. Ernest Lykissa, forensic toxicologist, formerly worked for

Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Tx. He now owns his own lab with

his wife Loretta (an environmental engineer) called ExperTox, Inc., 1803

Center St., Deer Park, Tx. 77536 (located near Houston in our industrial,

chemical complex). Dr. Lykissa uses state of the art equipment called an

ICP-MS (which can detect platinum in parts per billion) and an Ion

Chromatograph (to determine ionization). It is recognized by the

scientific community that " platinum salts " (aka chloroplatinic acid) can

cause systemic disease in humans as a result of toxic and/or

hypersensitivity reactions. These toxic and hypersensitivity reactions can

range from asthma, rhinorrhea, tinnitus, conjunctivitis, urticaria, fatigue

syndrome secondary to impaired oxygen exchange, neurotoxicity, sicca

syndrome, and macular rashes. Dr. Ray Biagini, Director Research

Scientist/Research Toxicologist at CDC/NIOSH states that soluble salts of

platinum are the most potent chemical sensitizers known to man. Dow

documents indicate chloroplatinic acid 3-8015 INT (PLATNM2) was used in

mammary implant material formulation. Dow notified the EPA Office of

Pollution Prevention and Toxics of substantial risk in a guinea pig

sensitization study of Dow Corning 3-8015 Intermediate (Platinum #2) on

12/27/96. Dow apparently convinced the FDA in a meeting on 3/18/97 that

any platinum that leaked from breast implants was harmless and in small

amounts. Published German Research (2003) using ICP-HR-IDMS states " the

highest concentration (of platinum) was found in the fat tissue from woman

A who had a " bleeding " implant. In the fibrin layer of womanC, a higher

platinum concentration was registered than in her capsule tissue. The

tenfold higher platinum concentration in the fibrin layer may also indicate

the migration of this element through an intact implant envelope. " The CDC

tested the urine of 1,007 randomly selected people from the general

population for platinum and did not find significant levels of

platinum. However their current analytic methods are capable of only

measuring platinum concentrations as low as 0.04 micrograms (mcg) per liter

in urine. Because the medical community does not recognize platinum

poisoning from implants, we do not have good research on how the platinum

might be removed but it is thought that NAC (N-Acetyl-Cysteine) taken with

yogurt at night may be helpful in removing platinum from the body.

Keeling

Chemically Associated Neurological Disorders