RE: RBC minerals - antimony & mercury

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Reducing/removing exposure to antimony-containing bedding helps. One can buy

chemical-free futons from Soaring Heart Futon in Seattle or through Abundant

Earth but need a prescription. Andy suggests multiple washings if you're not

going to replace the antimny-laden bedding/pjs. What does the hair elements

test show?

Neither you nor she has/had ANY mercury amalgam dental fillings? You didn't

have Rhogam? No tattoos? Where's the nearest coal-fired power plant?

S S

My daughter has been following DAN protocol for the past year and started<BR>

chelating with oral DMSA in April.<BR>

<BR>

Her RBC minerals (July '05, Feb '06, May '06) have consistently shown<BR>

elevated antimony.  Has anyone gotten a reduction in antimony by eliminating<BR>

all fire retardant treated bedding & clothing?  Is it possible to wash out<BR>

the fire retardants with ivory soap powder or do I need to just replace<BR>

everything?  Most of our carpets are ~15 years old, so I can't imagine they<BR>

are a significant source anymore.<BR>

<BR>

Also, although last summer her initial RBC minerals showed low levels of<BR>

mercury, her more recent pre & post chelation RBC minerals (Feb & May)<BR>

showed elevated mercury.  I can't figure out a source for this, as she has<BR>

not been exposed to seafood, thimerosal, or broken thermometers/florescent<BR>

bulbs.  Is there anywhere else I should look for an environmental source of<BR>

mercury?  The only environmental changes at home have been the addition of<BR>

vinyl replacement windows last October and she starting a new school in Aug<BR>

'05.<BR>

<BR>

And since she is now so well supported nutritionally, I am wondering if she<BR>

is just naturally detoxing mercury that had built up in her tissues.  Has<BR>

anyone seen this happen with your child?<BR>

<BR>

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Thanks for your thoughts. I looked back at her tests from last June

and antimony was below detectible limits in RBC and low in hair. I'm

beginning to think that it might be the nylon mesh cots they nap on

at school -- they were new as of the start of the academic year. And

perhaps the recent increase is the anti-allergy bed coverings I put

on last month? If I put untreated cotton sheets over the school cot

or over the allergy cover will that cut down on most of the exposure?

As for the mercury - neither of us have dental fillings, no Rhogam,

no tattoos. (Her primary early exposure was probably albacore tuna I

ate during pregnancy & possibly a few vaccines.) The nearest coal

fired plant is 10 miles away, but it is small (just powers the local

university) and I have no reason to believe it's output has changed

since last June when her hair & RBC mercury were very low.

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>

> My daughter has been following DAN protocol for the past year and

started<BR>

> chelating with oral DMSA in April.<BR>

> <BR>

> Her RBC minerals (July '05, Feb '06, May '06) have consistently

shown<BR>

> elevated antimony.  Has anyone gotten a reduction in antimony by

eliminating<BR>

> all fire retardant treated bedding & clothing?  Is it possible to

wash out<BR>

> the fire retardants with ivory soap powder or do I need to just

replace<BR>

> everything?  Most of our carpets are ~15 years old, so I can't

imagine they<BR>

> are a significant source anymore.<BR>

> <BR>

> Also, although last summer her initial RBC minerals showed low

levels of<BR>

> mercury, her more recent pre & post chelation RBC minerals (Feb &

May)<BR>

> showed elevated mercury.  I can't figure out a source for this, as

she has<BR>

> not been exposed to seafood, thimerosal, or broken

thermometers/florescent<BR>

> bulbs.  Is there anywhere else I should look for an environmental

source of<BR>

> mercury?  The only environmental changes at home have been the

addition of<BR>

> vinyl replacement windows last October and she starting a new

school in Aug<BR>

> '05.<BR>

> <BR>

> And since she is now so well supported nutritionally, I am

wondering if she<BR>

> is just naturally detoxing mercury that had built up in her

tissues.  Has<BR>

> anyone seen this happen with your child?<BR>

> <BR>

> -<BR>

>

>

>

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> Her RBC minerals (July '05, Feb '06, May '06) have consistently shown

> elevated antimony. Has anyone gotten a reduction in antimony by

eliminating

> all fire retardant treated bedding & clothing?

I know of a few parents who have reported that shortly after they

removed antimony from their child's environment, the child lost all

his food issues and basically *spontaneously* recovered. So, for

certain children, this is a possibility.

Dana