Re: fecal metal test results-Thallium

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I have thallium toxicity and after 4 years I have yet to track down

the source of exposure. I was told the exposure may have been years

ago and I might never find the source. Thallium salts are colorless,

odorless, and tasteless and can enter the body by ingestion,

inhalation, or skin contact. The local health department was very

cooperative in sending me as much information as they could find on

thallium as well as looking into whether there were any local

businesses that could have contributed to my toxicity levels. We

came up with nothing. You and others have already mentioned a

number of sources of exposure. I don't recall anyone mentioning that

thallous sulphate is used as a rodenticide. There may be a residual

thallium in soil, etc. that your daughter came into contact with.

Both of Andy's books have valuable info. on Thallium.

You may want to try going to the www.cdc.gov website and see what

you can find.

The following are the sites I visited:

www.cdc.gov/nceh/dls/report/results/Thallium.htm

www.cdc.gov/nceh/dls/report/Chemicals/thalliumgeneral.htm

www.cdc.gov/safewater/dwh/c-ioc/thallium.html (this one was the

most helpful)

www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npgd0608.html

All the Best,

Gladioli

" furryhalfpint " <furryhalfpint@...> wrote:

>

> I just got the results of my oldest daughter's first fecal metal

> test. It was breathtaking to say the least! I tried not to vomit

> when I saw all the crap that came out of her.

>

> Her nickel and thallium levels were so high that the chart didn't

> reach that far. And cadmium was very close to the red too. We

> pulled lead in the yellow. And mercury and copper were nearly in

the

> yellow. All the others were mid to high green.

>

> Anyway, I am trying to figure out where we are getting thallium,

> nickel, and cadmium from.

>

>

> The probable sources for thallium that my test reveals are a

little

> vague or I just plain don't know what they are. What would be

> the " electronic components " that carry thallium? Does this mean

she

> can get this metal from watching the TV or playing on the

computer?

> She is not an engineer, so it isn't like she is installing

electrical

> wiring in our home or something. What else would this relate to?

> Another thing it lists is " fly ash. " What is that? Is that from

> dead flies in the house or something? Or does it refer to

something

> like a dirty fireplace? Are there other sources that a 6 year old

> would commonly be exposed to that I am missing here?

>

?

>

> Jeni Lynn

>

[Guest guest]

Our son's doctor said that thallium was used extensively in medicine

up until about the 1950s. He said around those times, the waste from

using it was just dumped around. He said that land around hospitals

that pre-date 1950 can be highly contaminated. He mentioned Boston as

being one city that has a lot of thallium around in the soil for this

reason.

> >

> > I just got the results of my oldest daughter's first fecal metal

> > test. It was breathtaking to say the least! I tried not to vomit

> > when I saw all the crap that came out of her.

> >

> > Her nickel and thallium levels were so high that the chart didn't

> > reach that far. And cadmium was very close to the red too. We

> > pulled lead in the yellow. And mercury and copper were nearly in

> the

> > yellow. All the others were mid to high green.

> >

> > Anyway, I am trying to figure out where we are getting thallium,

> > nickel, and cadmium from.

> >

> >

> > The probable sources for thallium that my test reveals are a

> little

> > vague or I just plain don't know what they are. What would be

> > the " electronic components " that carry thallium? Does this mean

> she

> > can get this metal from watching the TV or playing on the

> computer?

> > She is not an engineer, so it isn't like she is installing

> electrical

> > wiring in our home or something. What else would this relate to?

> > Another thing it lists is " fly ash. " What is that? Is that from

> > dead flies in the house or something? Or does it refer to

> something

> > like a dirty fireplace? Are there other sources that a 6 year old

> > would commonly be exposed to that I am missing here?

> >

> ?

> >

> > Jeni Lynn

> >

>

>

>

>

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