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"Lead: Old paint, automobile exhaust, insecticides, bullets, pewter ware, some hair colorings, tap water, batteries, pottery glazes, candle wicks, stained glass ?Cadmium: Cigarettes, batteries, automobile exhaust, pink dyes used in dentures, welding fumes, ceramic glazes, many art supplies, Teflon, fungicides, plastic ?Copper: Some cooking utensils and plumbing, gold dental fillings and crowns, insecticides ?Aluminum: Some drugs (including antacids), most baking powders, some cooking utensils, antiperspirants, cosmetics, foil, acid rain ?" - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Unfortunately, these countries use large amounts of insecticides and pesticides in the growing of their herbs. DDT is still commonly used in Asia and Mexico, whereas organo-phosphate nerve-gas based insecticides are commonly used throughout Eastern Europe. It's also worth noting that most of the areas in which these herbs are grown in these countries are heavily polluted. The herbs are inundated by polluted rain and irrigated by polluted rivers. In Eastern Europe, for example, there have been no environmental laws for decades. Rivers have been used as open sewers." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"These and other ingredients in conventional household ingredients might be doing real damage to your health: Aerosol propellants, which can be found in conventional oven cleaners, carpet cleaners, furniture polishes and waxes, air fresheners, insecticides, upholstery cleaners, and spray starches, are eye, throat, and respiratory irritants that can aggravate asthma and cause other lung diseases. Exposure to aerosol propellants can also lead to eye injuries and chemical burns." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"A by no means complete list would include fur, feathers, wool, perfumes, chemicals used in hair care products and cosmetics, insecticides, household cleaners and disinfectants, oil and petrol fumes, and the fumes from gas heaters. Three of the most common are moulds, foods and drugs. Mould spores are being increasingly suspected as causes of asthma because, like pollen, they can be released into the air in huge numbers. You don't have to live in a damp suburb to have mould in your home, either: moulds can survive in a variety of places." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.)

"FILTERING YOUR WATER Compressed, activated, charcoal block filters are an inexpensive way to get protection from the carbon-based organic pollution, pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, PCBs, cysts, heavy metals, asbestos, VOCs (volatile organic chemicals), and THMs in our water. They also eliminate chlorine and foul odors. They do not, however, absorb inorganic mineral salts such as chloride, fluoride, sodium, nitrates, and soluble minerals." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Usually the symptoms went away when the individual left the environment, but in some cases the symptoms persisted and would be made substantially worse by exposure to strong odorants, such as detergents, perfumes, newsprint, and insecticides. Patients with these complaints were said to have multiple chemical sensitivity. Though many MCS cases seem to start with an identifiable trigger (like working in a new building), some have no apparent trigger. So far, no good consensus definition for this condition exists." - Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D., Your Symptoms Are Real: What to Do When Your Doctor Says Nothing Is Wrong (Get the book.)

"Mo et al, 1992), protection from UV exposure (Bieza and Lois, 2001), and defense against insects by acting as insecticides (Wiseman et al., 1996) and fungal pathogens by acting as phytoalexins (Nicholson and Etammerschmidt, 1992; Dixon and Steele, 1999). Flavonoid pigments have been used as a convenient visible marker in molecular genetic experiments and to study regulation of gene expression (Styles and Ceska, 1977, 1981, 1989; Dooner et al., 1991; Koes et al., 2005)." - Erich Grotewold, The Science of Flavonoids (Get the book.)

"Soy contains built-in insecticides called isoflavones (genistein and daidzein). Isoflavones are estrogen-like substances that have the same effect in the body as estrogen, and eating soy can make a person estrogenic, contributing to problems such as cancer, irritability and mood swings, fat gain from the waist down, fibrocystic breast disease, and uterine fibroids.24'25,26 Isoflavones decrease thyroid hormone production. This can stunt children's growth. Hypothyroid is associated with raised serum cholesterol and tends to create fatigue and obesity." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Certain fungi, in particular '"white rot" fungi, can degrade insecticides, herbicides, pentachlorophenol, creosote, coal tars, and heavy fuels and turn them into carbon dioxide, water, and basic elements. Fungi occur in every environment on Earth and play very important roles in most ecosystems, including the internal ecosystem of the body. Along with bacteria, fungi are the major decomposers in most terrestrial and some aquatic ecosystems." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"They include heavy metals, pesticides, insecticides, and a variety of pollutants, such as PCBs. These toxins can lodge in cells and tissues in the brain and body, if they are not properly expelled. Mercury, in particular, has an affinity for brain cells. 4. Drugs and alcohol. This category includes not just recreational substances, but also common pharmaceutical and over-the-counter drugs. These medications are generally nontoxic when taken in the proper dosages, but they can build up in the system during long-term use, if not adequately metabolized and detoxified. 5. Food additives." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"The most common agents used to treat head lice, pyrethroids, are synthetic insecticides that can cause dizziness, nausea, and headaches. Dr. Phil Landrigan told me that the two leading brands of head-lice treatments contain the "very nasty chemical" hexachlorobenzene. We're talking about agricultural pesticides here—the very last substance we should be rubbing into our children's scalps! Why would we ever expose our children to such powerful toxins? Probably because head lice still carry a persistent stigma in society." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Selenium is an atom that fits into a molecule called glutathionperoxidase, which helps to destroy dangerous, foreign chemicals that just don't belong in our bodies, such as petrochemicals, floor wax and insecticides," Dr. Zamm explains. "So when you take selenium, you're not only knocking out mercury, cadmium and arsenic, you are also helping to produce more glutathionperoxidase, which protects you from environmental contaminants. So if you feel better, it is not an absolute diagnosis of mercury poisoning. "Within pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, there are three enzymes." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"San Francisco, CA Pesticides on Playing Fields To keep those playing fields where our kids participate in sports and other activities looking so green and trim, maintenance workers regularly spray them with a cocktail of synthetic poisons: fungicides, herbicides, and insecticides. In fact, every year, this country produces more than 1 billion pounds of pesticides, which makes these concentrated agricultural chemicals—which can be toxic to fish, wildlife, and humans—extremely hard to avoid." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Great care should be taken when handling pesticides or insecticides. Breathing and skin protection should be used. Any such household chemicals must be stored away from children. Washing and peeling can help to remove some residues from fruit and vegetables, but others are systemic, found within the fruit or vegetable themselves. As far as food is concerned, the only way to be sure it is pesticide-free is to buy certified organic, or to grow your own. Drinking water should be filtered because chemicals of all descriptions make their way into our wells, rivers, and lakes." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"Prior to arriving on her daughter's plate they have been sprayed repeatedly with insecticides to help protect their skins from pests both in the field and during transit to Becky's local grocery store, where she bought them wholly unblemished. Back on the farm, this cantaloupe, like most cantaloupes, was treated with organochlorine pesticides—in this case, a type known as endosul-fan. Commonly used today on melons, traces of endosulfan are found in the food we eat more than any other pesticide." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.) "After testing the blood and urine of nine representative Americans from around the country for 210 substances (sample groups are small as these tests are prohibitively expensive), these scientists discovered that each volunteer carried an average of 91 industrial compounds, pollutants, and other chemicals—including PCBs, commonly used insecticides, dioxin, mercury, cadmium, and benzene, to name just a few. This plethora of chemicals had accumulated in these individuals through the common and minute exposures that we all experience in our daily lives." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"This amount of fat carries the risk of poisoning the body with pesticides and insecticides that ultimately end up in fatty tissue high in the food chain. The same limitation holds true for the South Beach diet. Indeed, all the low-carbohydrate diets, now the craze, place excessive emphasis on protein (which can put you at risk for some health problems, including kidney problems) and give the false impression that you will be healthy if you cut down on carbohydrates. Food stores now have lo-carb nutrition bars, incorrectly implying that they can replace nutritious meals." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"One example of this comes from a 2003 study in which blood and urine samples from Americans were tested for 210 substances, including industrial compounds, pollutants, PCBs, insecticides, dioxins, mercury, cadmium, and benzene. The volunteers, none of whom had any occupational or residential risks for such exposure, had detectable levels of 91 of these. In other words, these are ordinary people with ordinary lives who have numerous toxins in their body from ordinary exposure." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"The day before, an exterminating company had applied the insecticides resmethrin, chlorpyrifos, and diazinon in the school. • Asthma, which is linked to exposure to toxins in the environment, is the number-one reason for school absenteeism and the number-one chronic childhood illness. • Conventional cleaning chemicals can contain neurotoxins, highly toxic materials that affect the nerve cells and may impair a child's developmental and learning abilities." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"They detected both the insecticides endosulfan and diazinon, as well as the herbicide trinuralin. ?Tired of seeing their children become ill during times of peak pesticide spraying, a group of concerned residents in California tested the air they breathe and their own bodies for the presence of the commonly used, highly toxic pesticide chlorpyrifos. More than 91 percent of the people tested had above average levels of breakdown products of chlorpyrifos in their urine, and most of the women had amounts above the level calculated from EPA data to be safe for pregnant and nursing women." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"It is the practices of wrong eating, the use of drugs and antibiotics, exposure to insecticides and chemicals, as well as toxins and organisms picked up during travel that change the chemical balance in the colon, depleting friendly flora and promoting an increase of unfriendly bacteria. Some people who are serious about staying young and healthy have colon therapy units in their homes, and perform them two or three times every week. By doing this, and by eating properly, acid conditions never have a chance of building up in their systems." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"In fact the FDA and EPA even classify as insecticides certain com and potato strains that were designed to produce toxins to kill insects. So when you eat commercial com or potatoes, you could be unsuspectingly eating an insecticide! GMOs accelerate aging. Ingesting unnatural, toxic, genetically modified foods introduces still more poisons into our bodies. GMOs thus add to disease progression. Because GMOs are unable to reproduce, their life force is weak. Dr. Cousens said in a lecture that GMOs deregulate our cells' DNA into premature aging." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.) "Some of the insecticides sprayed on commercial produce, such as DDT, are even banned here in the United States but are sold to countries in Latin America. So if you save a few dollars to buy the commercial melon imported from Mexico instead of the organic one grown here, you may be ingesting toxic DDT that was banned here decades ago! Even among the pesticides legal in the USA, over 20% have been linked to cancer, birth defects, developmental harm and central nervous system damage." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"This field can be weakened by many things but is especially compromised by environmental toxins such as fungicides, insecticides, and agricultural chemicals. As your largest organ, your skin performs myriad functions, among them maintaining fluid balance in your body, helping with thermoregulation, maintaining mineral balance, protecting you from ionizing radiation, and aiding in detoxification. Of course, it is also your body's first line of defense, providing a protective barrier between your body and the outside world." - Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey, Decoding the Human Body-Field: The New Science of Information as Medicine (Get the book.)

"Among its numerous functions is to act as a filter and remove harmful substances like drugs, insecticides, food additives, and other chemicals from the blood. The public hears much about the dangers of viral hepatitis infections, which can lead to liver failure. But viruses such as hepatitis A are not the leading cause of this organ's failure in the United States. Not by far. Instead, most Americans who suffer from liver failure have been poisoned by their medications." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"DDT is still commonly used in Asia and Mexico, whereas organo-phosphate nerve-gas based insecticides are commonly used throughout Eastern Europe. It's also worth noting that most of the areas in which these herbs are grown in these countries are heavily polluted. The herbs are inundated by polluted rain and irrigated by polluted rivers. In Eastern Europe, for example, there have been no environmental laws for decades. Rivers have been used as open sewers. Everything from chemical toxic waste to radioactive waste—no joke—has been clumped into these rivers." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"It is a powerful, alkaline food-source antioxidant, and detoxifier of heavy metals, chemicals, pesticides, and insecticides. Liquid Chlorophyll Chlorophyll is a potent blood-builder and alkalizer. The chlorophyll molecule is remarkably similar to human blood in composition, except that it carries an atom of magnesium in its molecular center instead of iron. It also has a high content of bio-viable iron. An article in the Idaho Observer quotes Ingri Cassel, president of the North Idaho chapter of Vaccination Liberation, regarding chlorophyll substitution for blood." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"Add to this toxic stew all the insecticides, pesticides, and herbicides that we ingest daily. "The late Dr. Henry (Hank) Newbold demonstrated that many of his schizophrenic psychiatric patients were suffering from a vitamin B12 'dependency' and that they needed large amounts in order to feel well and sane again. Then as the years went by, orthomolecular doctors discovered that the essential minerals—macro minerals such as calcium and magnesium, as well as the trace mineral elements zinc, manganese, chromium, and selenium—also helped balance the cerebral chemistry of schizophrenics. Dr." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Rid your garden of pests with herbs, not insecticides. Sit at least two metres away from the television. Polyurethane foam, found in seat cushions, food and other packaging, and refrigerator insulation, contains the chemical isocyanate, which is believed to have led to a dramatic increase in respiratory ailments such as asthma. Avoid where at all possible. Move to a less polluted area or climate if possible." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.)

"Many people get sick carpet syndrome because insecticides have been sprayed on carpets. Patient Story: Paint Exposure_ When I was injured on the job from some paint fumes, my whole life changed. I developed serious food allergies and sensitivities to everything in my environment. I became allergic to everything in my own home, I reacted to plastics of all kinds, and I couldn't breathe outdoor air. The air inside my home had to be filtered especially for me and I had to wear charcoal face masks to breathe. I was literally a captive in my home for the first year." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

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