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Group hopes to expand mercury test

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

By Randazzo

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FRANKLIN TWP. Hansen and Lilley, neighbors of the shuttered

Kiddie Kollege building here, have been tested for mercury poisoning in an

attempt to explain some of their long-standing ailments.

This time, Gene Elwell of American Medical Saliva Testing, Inc., (AMSTI)

tested them in their homes.

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Hansen and Lilley say they have suffered from various illnesses and

annoyances including weight loss, peeling hands and feet, nerve damage and

diabetes. Since July 28, when the Station Avenue building was closed for

mercury contamination, both have wondered whether the heavy metal is to

blame.

A September blood test showed no signs of mercury in Hansen's body.

Lilley, on the other hand, has tested positive for both mercury and lead.

So have members of his family.

" I'm just hoping that someone can tell me something, " Lilley said, two

days after blood plasma in his mouth was tested. " We can't afford to move

out of this house. Just working out of the house for a few weeks, I felt a

lot better. I don't know which way to go. "

In an effort to produce answers for nearby residents and former employees

of the Accutherm thermometer company that previously occupied the site as

well as more than 60 Kiddie Kollege students and staff members who may

have been affected Elwell is coordinating a research task force.

The Scientific Research Foundation for the Study of Heavy Metals-Poisoned

Children was formed by several doctors in response to the Kiddie Kollege

catastrophe, Elwell said.

The foundation is looking for corporate sponsors to assist with equipment

purchases and setting up the network of doctors, Elwell said.

" Those already on the force are putting the mission statement together, "

said Elwell, who is also president of American Medical. " But they're

looking to recruit from many different facets of the medical industry.

They have years of experience with this. We need to tap into that brain

trust. "

Hansen and the Lilleys were administered both oral fluid and urine

porphyrin tests last week. Results are expected sometime this week.

" This is all for the task force to get the study under way, " said Elwell.

" I also want to get (Accutherm employees and their family members) into

our database, " he added.

" If your father, mother, uncle or whoever were former employees or family

members of an employee of Accutherm, we want to test you, " Elwell said.

According to Elwell, the foundation's lab is equipped " to do every

modality of testing known to man today. " He wants to bring that level of

testing to New Jersey.

" If we get sponsors, we'll bring it here. We need that funding to do

this, " Elwell said.

The corporate Web site for American Medical Saliva Testing states that the

federal Centers for Disease Control is currently evaluating the company's

saliva-testing procedure as an " inexpensive and pain-free alternative " to

traditional blood tests. The site also says that the laboratory is

affiliated with the Biosciences Institute at Arkansas State University and

certified by the Environmental Protection Agency.

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