Mercury in DDI hair test - holy crap!

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Dear list denizens:

What do you make of these hair results from my two-year-old son?

They're from Doctor's Data.

ELEMENT RESULT / RR COLOR

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Aluminum 7.1 < 8.0 (high G)

Antimony .024 < .066 (low G)

Arsenic .13 < .080 (mid Y)

Beryllium .01 < .02 (no line)

Bismuth .041 < .13 (low-mid G)

Cadmium .036 < 0.15 (low G)

Lead .13 < 1.0 (low G)

Mercury 5.2 < .40 (RED, LITERALLY OFF THE CHART)

Platinum .003 < .005 (no line)

Thallium .001 < .01 (no line)

Thorium .001 < .005 (no line)

Uranium .006 < .06 (low G)

Nickel .04 < .4 (low G)

Silver .04 < .2 (low G)

Tin .19 < .3 (mid-high G)

Titanium .52 < 1.0 (mid G)

ELEMENT RESULT (RR) COLOR

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Calcium 115 (125-370) Y low

Magnesium 16 (12-30) G low

Sodium 19 (12-90) G low

Potassium 16 (12-40) G low

Copper 6.2 (8-16) R low

Zinc 160 (100-190) G high

Manganese .08 (.2-.55) R low

Chromium .37 (.26-.5) no line

Vanadium .045 (.03-.1) G low

Molybdenum .047 (.05-.13) Y low

Boron 1.1 (.6-4.0) G low

Iodine .54 (.25-1.3) no line

Lithium .015 (.007-.023) G high

Phosphorus 154 (160-250) Y low

Selenium .9 (.95-1.7) Y low

Strontium .04 (.16-1.0) R low

Sulfur 44000 (45500-53000) Y low

Barium .10 (.16-.8) Y low

Cobalt .003 (.013-.035) R low

Iron 7.6 (8-19) Y low

Germanium .049 (.045-.065) G low

Rubidium .019 (.016-.18) G low

Zirconium .57 (.040-1.0) G high

ELEMENTS RATIOS EXPECTED RANGE

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Ca/Mg 7.19 4-30

Ca/P 0.747 .8-8

Na/K 1.19 .5-10

Zn/Cu 25.8 4-20

Zn/Cd >999 >800

Note that this child has a perfect diet. No grains, no sugars, no soy,

no casein. Lots of good veggies, some meats, some fruits (generally

only pear and certain kinds of apple). All foods are organic.

The water has been tested and no significant mercury was detected.

Mercury has also turned up in his blood, but a DMSA challenge revealed

nothing in the urine, neither pre- or post-challenge.

Our doc believes that the lower minerals are a result of the body

working so hard to detoxify itself. I'd like to hear other opinions,

though. His hair mercury level in June was 2.5 µ/g (also alarmingly

high), but then more than doubled between then and October when this

test was taken. The only chelating agent used during that time was

transdermal glutathione (+ epsom salts baths and a high-sulfur diet).

Thoughts?

regards,