Posted by Larry Hoover on October 14, 2003, at 8:10:52
In reply to fyi....mercury and arsenic in environment, posted by joebob on October 13, 2003, at 21:41:38
> i have a 5 year old son who was raised totally organic, filter r/o water, supps the whole bit, since we bacame pregant with him....we had the heavy duty air purifier in his bedroom throughout the pregancy and thereafter
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> sometime in the first year of his life, i decided to do a hair analysis for him, cheap for me to do, my homepath is an expert, create a baseline, etc....
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> so guess what..... very high toxic levels of mercury and arsenic...........we live in the republic of santa monicaIf I had seen unexpected results like that, I'd have looked for an independent confirmation elsewhere (another lab, same sample, and a new sample for comparison).....not that you don't trust the source, but it's a significant finding, if verified.
Given what you say about how you're protected your son, there are limited routes of exposure. One, prenatally. What's your wife's baseline? I doubt this is a significant route. Two, shampoos/untreated water exposure. Water for bathing stays outside the body, but it can still contaminate hair, as can e.g. shampoo. Still, I cannot see either of these having a significant impact. A third is airborne contamination. Deteriorating paint, or pesticide residue are possibilities, carried by dust. The air purifier should have helped there, but you'd still need significant point-sources in the environment. Even less likely, I'd imagine, would be dermal or oral exposure to e.g. pesticides. Frankly, I'd be questioning the hair test itself, first. Or, maybe it's the interpretation of the levels that is questionable (what's high toxic defined as?).
Just doing a stream-of-consciousness thingie on your post.
Lar
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