Re: Toxicity

[Guest guest]

Kerri, wow that whole mattress thing blows my mind! I am shocked

thanks for the info. love, Lizzy

>

> Okay, not sure if I shared w/the group that last year both of my

sons

> tested higher than normal for lead. It wasn't critical for federal

> regulations, but higher than the average kid and we have yet to

> determine where it is coming from. I think its the water, but

we've

> had two water samples to no avail- though they admitted it is hard

to

> detect in water unless it is extreme and their levels are not

> extreme. I also had myself tested this summer incase it came from

> nursing them- nope- my levels are normal.

>

> Anyway, some of you may remember my brother in law, dh's brother,

has

> Asperger's Syndrome and so I start doing all this research after

my

> bestfriend told me about how it takes two years min to air out a

> mattress. I was like 'What the hell are you talking about?' I had

no

> idea there were petrochemicals in my bed! We just bought a new

> mattress last April- a week before ds2 was born. I would've never,

> ever, ever bought a new mattress if I knew all the toxins that

were

> in them or that federal regulation was set in motion to wean out

> those toxins by 2007. Lucky us, huh?

>

> But my peditrician thinks I'm being paranoid or cynical, which

> usually he is a very good pediatrician, b/c I want my kids tested

for

> other heavy metals besides just lead. I mean to say kids w/Autism

and

> Asperger's hypothetically have a hard time metabolizing and

excreting

> heavy metals from their bloodstream- that is part and parcel of

> aggravating their disorders- the environment and their diet. But

both

> of my kids tested positive and my brother in law has Asperger's

> Syndrome. I don't think it unreasonable to want the rest of the

heavy

> metals tested incase they do have some low lying deficiency and

> problem metabolizing. I mean to say, if these lower levels of lead

> can affect their learning ability, don't I have an obligation as a

> parent to investigate further and especially so since I've gone to

> great lengths to determine where the lead is coming from and

having

> myself tested? If these things are caught before the age of 6 and

> rigorous work is done to reverse these chemicals, then the child's

> brain has much higher probability of maximum funcitoning. But

after 6-

> 7 years old, the brain is just not as malleable. That's

scientically

> documented.

>

> One of the key ingredients inside the fire retardant materials

that

> coats new mattresses and couches (scotch guard is the worst!) is a

> heavy metal called antimony. Since that is the highest metal that

> autistic kids have in their blood- more than lead or mercury or

> arsenic- and since it is used in batteries to hold the lead in,

> wouldn't it make sense that my kids sleeping on a new mattress may

> have some levels of antimony in their blood that is aggravating

their

> ability to get rid of the lead? No, no- doctor thinks I'm being

> cynical and should trust the EPA. What a joke. Only after my

> conversation w/him last night did I find out that the feds are

> mandating that mattresses have more human friendly chemicals- blah!

>

> Another thing, however, that I learned in all this research is

that

> Autism rates have increased incredibly over the past 20 years

leading

> lots of environmental and toxicological doctors to make an

assessment

> that some of this is environmental and not genetic (use to be 4 in

> 10K kids and now it is at 60 in 10K kids. But additionally, its

not

> just Autism, but ADHD (which those kids have higher rates of heavy

> metals in their blood as well and like autistic kids, some could

> benefit from chelation therapy and detoxing), but additionally all

> kinds of mood disorders. All of the women whom I've known to have

> Autistic or Asperger's Syndrome kids have been very think women at

> the time of conception and delivery though I can not for the life

of

> me find any research on this topic. To me, hypothetically, I

believe

> that there would be a higher populace of thin women having these

> children b/c 'thin is in', but also b/c heavy metal toxins are

stored

> in our fat cells. If there aren't many in the mom's body while

> pregnant, then what's stopping them from going to the baby? Just

my

> theory of what can aggravate a situation...though I'd have to

> research and am actually considering it right now- going back to

> school. I loved school and research in particular.

>

> And so I'm wondering if the BP, whom we all pretty much agree has

for

> the most part had trauma in their childhood, has also been exposed

to

> higher levels of heavy metals and environmental toxins that

aggravate

> a potential disorder already? I know my nada has severe allergies,

> but I also see that condition of allergies in my extended family

and

> those allergies are a reaction to chemicals in the environment. I

> know my nada also grew up w/a lot of aluminum in the cooking which

> leads to Alzheimers (hence I have not used anti-persperants in

years-

> since college when I had to learn about these links for speach

> neuropathology class= I use deodorant by the way- Clean Clear by

> Mennen) and perhaps some of her disorder can be attributed to

these

> things...not only the trauma that messes w/the brain, but the

> environmental insults just like kids w/Autism have it much worse

when

> their diets and environments aren't analyzed enough or altered

> enough. Nada's diet has always sucked- I mean bad and part of me

> thinks I may be a bit healthier just b/c I did do detoxing every

so

> often- every few years of fasting and detoxing in my 20s though

its

> been 4 years since my last detox. I'm ready though- especially

since

> going NC. Just makes sense, right? lol.

>

> Anyone else's thoughts- anyone else know if their nadas have had

> excess environmental hazards influence them? Oh yeah, my nada also

> had toxemia when she was pregnant w/me whereby she bloated up and

her

> blood was a bit toxified from the pregnancy and while rather

common,

> it gives rise to questions like 'what is going on underneath?'

Anyone

> else like me and have their blood tested for excess toxins? Just

> curious- its an easy to obtain blood test. I took it b/c I was

> worried about the lead and past dental work (people have been

> diagnosed as seriously psychotic and been fired from jobs for

their

> serious aggression issues b/c of mercury poisoning from dental

> fillings). I suppose another good question- anyone w/a nada that's

> had a lot of dental work in the past- not recent history but say

> before the 1990s when they were still using mercury in fillings?

>

> I think someone in the psychiatric field should work

w/toxicologists

> on this issue- not just w/autism, but w/personality disorders that

> have serious aggression issues like the NPD and the BPD and see if

> there is an underlying environmental chemical component going on

as

> well. Anyone know if this research has been conducted?

>

>

> Kerrie

>

[Guest guest]

Kerrie,

It's overwhelming to think of all of the ways we are constantly being

affected and affecting our environment! I read somewhere once that

we are in the midst of a chemical revolution (on the same scale of the

industrial revolution of the 19th century). It's pretty scary.

I hope you find the answer soon for your DS's.

a