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Neurological and Immune Reactive Conditions Affecting Kids: The mercury

connection to neurological pervasive developmental disorders (autism,

schizophrenia, dyslexia, ADD, childhood depression, learning disabilities,

OCS, etc.) and immune conditions (eczema, lupus, asthma, and allergies)

Bernard Windham- Chemical Engineer

The incidence of neurotoxic, allergic, and immune reactive conditions such as

autism, schizophrenia, ADD, dyslexia, allergies, asthma, eczema, lupus,

psoriasis, childhood diabetes, etc. have been increasing rapidly in recent

years(1,2,3,5,23,50,52). A recent report by the National Research Council

found that 50% of all pregnancies in the U.S. are now resulting in prenatal

or postnatal mortality, significant birth defects, deveolpmental disabilities

or otherwise chronically unhealthy babies(3). Exposure to toxic chemicals or

environmental factors appear to be a factor in as much as 28 percent of the 4

million children born each year(3), with 1 in 6 having one of the

neurological conditions previously listed(1-3). The U.S. Dept. Of Education

indicates that over 5 million children attending school have neurological

related disabilities reported by state agencies, other than ADD(2a).

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics between 4 to 12 % of all

school age children are affected by ADHD(4) and a similar number have some

degree of dyslexia(1). Studies indicate that over 60,000 children are born

each year with neurodevelopmental impairments due to prenatal exposure to

methyl mercury(45,46), and two other sources of mercury exposure appear more

common and at higher levels than this, mercury from vaccines and amalgam

dental fillings(22,50). Also according to the U.S. FDA, at least 26 million

have allergies, at least 17 million have asthma, and childhood diabetes is

increasing rapidly. Over the last 20 years the percent of diabetes cases

below 20 years old has increased from 2% to over 30%, and there was a 70% in

cases under 40 years of age between 1990 and 1998(50,52,59). Currently

approx. 16 million have diabetes.

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