Developmental,
Cognitive, & Behavioral Effects of Toxic Metals
Bernie Windham- Ed.
1. According to a report published by the
National Academy of Sciences,
50% of births in the U.S. in
the 1990s resulted in birth defects, significant developmental or neurological conditions, or other significant
chronic conditions. The majority of these
appear to be related to prenatal and postnatal toxic
exposures. Toxic
metals are documented by EPA and the U.S. Dept of
Health to be the most significant and
common of these exposures and to affect millions of children.
2. Mercury and toxic
metals cause spontaneous abortions, birth defects, chronic developmental neurological and immune condition to
millions of children. Most children get
significant exposure to mercury and toxic metals, that can be verified by
simple, relatively inexpensive tests.
The majority of the thousands of children with chronic neurological
conditions that have been tested by clinics which use such tests were found to have toxic levels of
mercury or other toxic metals, including lead, arsenic, antimony, tin, nickel,
and aluminum.
3. There
has been a huge increase in children’s neurological developmental conditions such as autism, schizophrenia, ADD, learning disabilities,
etc. and in immune conditions such as
asthma, eczema, diabetes, and allergies. Inflammatory
effects on the brain and immune system due to toxic metal exposures (mercury,aluminum,etc.) and excitotoxins like vaccines,
aspartame, MSG, and high fructose corn syrup are major factors in such
inflammatory conditions. Mercury and
toxic metals have been found to inhibit
enzymatic processes required to digest milk casein and wheat gluten,
resulting in dumping neurotoxic substances like Beta
Morphine-7 and gliadin in the blood, which are the
main cause of the schizophrenic symptoms in children with schizophrenia,
autism, and ADHD. This is why the commonly prescribed casein-free, gluten-free
(CFGF) diet is effective at reducing such effects.
4.
Mercury is extremely neurotoxic and
immunotoxic. Mercury and toxic metals also form strong bonds with the hydroxyl
radical(SH) in the body’s basic
building blocks and cellular fuel, amino acids, and blocks cellular
level enzymatic
processes such as those that convert cysteine
to sulfates, taurine, glutathione, etc. This results in an inability to properly digest
amino acids such
milk
casein, wheat gluten, and sulfur foods; and results in neurotoxic
metabolites such as beta-casamorphine, hydrogen
sulfide, and sulfites in the blood and
system. The
majority of children with these condition show significant improvements when avoiding these
foods, and after proper tests and treatment for metals toxicity.
5.
Infants commonly have gotten significant exposures to mercury from thimerosal in vaccines and from transfer across the
placenta of mother’s from amalgam dental fillings and from breast milk
of mother’s with amalgam fillings or who eat a lot of fish. Mother’s
dental amalgam is the largest source of mercury to the fetus of mothers who
have amalgam fillings. High exposures
to lead from house
paint, soil, lead solder in water fixtures, etc. is also common, along with exposures to arsenic from pressure treated wood and food, antimony from
fire protective materials like Scotch guard,
aluminum from cookware and processed food, nickel from dental materials
such as crowns and braces, and cadmium from shellfish, fish, and other sources.
6. Mercury and toxic metals also accumulate in
the hormonal
glands and adversely affect hormone system function and regulation of
the pituitary gland, thyroid,
hypothalamus,
and adrenal glands as well as the pancreas. These affects along with neurological effects result in
widespread cases of ADD, depression, anxiety, hypothyroid conditions, and other
neurological and hormonal effects.
7. Toxic
metal exposures and the resulting metabolic imbalances and disorders have been
found to be a major factor in violent prone behavior, sociopathic behavior, juvenile deliquency,
criminality, and mass murderers/serial killers.
8. There
is a growing crisis of neurological and immune developmental problems affecting
U.S. infants and children related to toxic exposures and
inflammatory excitotoxins from the
environment, the food chain, and exposure though doctor or dental
practices.
9. For some other
websites of clinics and medical labs with good information on testing and
treatment of these conditions see:
Great Smokies Diagnostic Lab, (www.gdx.net
) click on (by condition) and search News (for autism, ADHD, depression, etc.)
Pfeiffer
Center/Health Research Institute (www.hriptc.org/autism.htm )
Vitamin
Research News (www.vrp.com )
Kirkman
Lab- Scientific Nutrition for Autism and PDD (Pervasive Developmental Disorders) (www.kirkmanlabs.com/index.htm )
10. Based
on experience of many treating these conditions, toxic metals and essential
mineral imbalances are almost always present in PDD conditions such as autism,
ADD, schizophrenia, learning disabilities, etc.
And chelation/detoxification have been found
to be by far the most successful treatment method for children’s neurological
conditions like autism
and Asperger’s Disease , according to a survey of many
thousands of parents by the Autism Association, and also the treatment with by
far the least significant adverse effects.
For a
good screening test for toxic metal exposures and essential mineral imbalances
a hair elements test which is inexpensive and easy can be made through
your
doctor by ordering the kit from www.doctorsdata.com or
www.gdx.net
Without a
doctor, a kit can be ordered from www.bodybalance.com or www.vrp.com
