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"Reductions in environmental lead exposure in the United States since the 1980s, through controls on gasoline emissions and pipes that supply drinking water, could reduce the potential impact of lead to cataract development. The extent to which lead might contribute to cataract, worldwide, is unknown. Lead exposures early in life can accumulate in bones. As bones thin with age, they not only release calcium but also other stored minerals like lead. Therefore, if lifetime lead accumulation is high, anything that increases osteoporosis could increase lead exposure." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"This is particularly scary since more than 10 percent of poor and inner-city children have lead exposure levels over 10 micrograms per deciliter! Of course, children aren't the only population at risk. lead exposure in adults has been linked to severe depression and schizophrenia. One factory that produced tetraethyl lead was known as the "House of Butterflies," because so many workers had hallucinations. Lead exposure has also been linked to depression, irritability, interpersonal conflict, fatigue, anger, tension, and even decreased sex drive." - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.)

"The authors estimated that lead exposure is responsible for roughly 10% of dental caries in young Americans.27 For this and other health reasons, known and potential sources of lead exposure should be avoided. Common sources of lead exposure may include paint, foods grown near roadways, and water from lead pipes.28 Nutritional supplements that may be helpful Test tube studies show that vitamin (page 600) increases growth of beneficial mouth bacteria and decreases growth of cavity-causing bacteria." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.)

"Of course, children aren't the only population at risk. lead exposure in adults has been linked to severe depression and schizophrenia. One factory that produced tetraethyl lead was known as the "House of Butterflies," because so many workers had hallucinations. Lead exposure has also been linked to depression, irritability, interpersonal conflict, fatigue, anger, tension, and even decreased sex drive. And it has been linked to degenerative changes in the brain on MRI." - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.)

"Poisoned Landscapes: The Epidemiology of Environmental lead exposure in Massachusetts Children 1990-1991." Social Science Medicine 39 (1994): 757-776. Bellinger D. et al. "Pre- and Postnatal lead exposure and Behavior Problems in School-Aged Children." Environmental Research 66, no. 1 Quly 1994): 12-30. 453 Benton, D. "Micro-nutrient Supplementation and the Intelligence of Children." Neuroscience andBiobehavioralReviews 125 (2001): 297-309. Brockel, Becky A. and Cory-Slechta, Deborah A. "Lead, Attention, and Impulsive Behavior: Changes in a Fixed-Ratio Waiting-for-Reward Paradigm." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"The subsequent lead exposure can result in slow poisoning, as lead accumulates in the body over time. Lead is readily absorbed by the body, accumulates in bone, remains highly persistent, and is highly toxic to the nervous system, particularly in embryos, and babies born with lead exposure that occurred in the womb, as well as children exposed to lead, can develop serious complications, including decreased attention span, impulsiveness, lowered IQ, seizures, aggressiveness, and even brain damage." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"While the main sources of lead exposure are paint dust and old pipes, many children today are coming into contact with this lethal neurotoxin—which has been linked to reduced IQ, learning disabilities, and behavioral and attention disorders?through their toys. Yes, that's right—toys are a major route of lead exposure. Though lead paint has been banned since 1978, and lead piping since 1986, there is currently no law mandating that children's toys be free of this fatal poison (unless they have lead paint on them, in which case the lead paint law applies)." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Researchers found evidence that even low-level lead exposure from household contaminants (e.g., lead-based paints, piping, plumbing fixtures, and contaminated soil) may damage sperm and contribute to male infertility. Epidemiologist and biostatistician Shanna Swan, Ph.D., of the University of Rochester School of Medicine has spent the past twenty years studying environmental reproductive risks. In 2003, while at the University of Missouri at Columbia, she reported that men in rural Missouri had a 42 percent lower sperm count than those who lived in cities like Minneapolis and New York." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Accumulated lead exposure and risk of age-related cataract in men. JAMA 292, 2750-2754. 78. Moeller, S. M., Taylor, A., Tucker, K. L., et al. (2004). Overall adherence to the dietary guidelines for Americans is associated with reduced prevalence of early age-related nuclear lens opacities in women. /. Nutr. 134, 1812-1819. 79. Seddon, J. M. (2007). Multivitamin-multimineral supplements and eye disease: age-related macular degeneration and cataract. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 85, 304S-307S. 80. Mares, J. A. (2004). High-dose antioxidant supplementation and cataract risk. Nutr. Rev. 62, 28-32. 81." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Therefore, if lifetime lead accumulation is high, anything that increases osteoporosis could increase lead exposure. This suggests the possibility that risk factors for osteoporosis might also increase risk for cataract and that some shared risk factors (weight, smoking) could be explained by this mechanism. E. Diet Patterns Only one investigation has directly evaluated the overall impact of a healthy diet on the occurrence of cataract. This study was conducted in a subsample of participants of the Nurse's Health Study." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Pre- and Postnatal lead exposure and Behavior Problems in School-Aged Children." Environmental Research 66, no. 1 Quly 1994): 12-30. 453 Benton, D. "Micro-nutrient Supplementation and the Intelligence of Children." Neuroscience andBiobehavioralReviews 125 (2001): 297-309. Brockel, Becky A. and Cory-Slechta, Deborah A. "Lead, Attention, and Impulsive Behavior: Changes in a Fixed-Ratio Waiting-for-Reward Paradigm." Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 60, no. 2 (June 1998): 545-552. Bottiglieri, T. " - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"If women are exposed to lead during pregnancy, especially if they are calcium-deficient, their children may have abnormal neurological development. lead exposure in adults can increase the risk of kidney damage and high blood pressure. Lead can also be incorporated into bones. This lead can remain in the bones for decades. During pregnancy, if insufficient dietary calcium is taken, calcium and lead may be removed from bones and put into the blood circulation with damaging effects on the fetus." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.) "Lead can interfere with growth and tooth development. lead exposure should be minimized, especially in children, because of its many harmful effects. MERCURY Mercury is a toxic heavy metal. The chemical symbol for mercury is Hg, which comes from the Greek word for quicksilver. Mercury exposure is most damaging to developing fetuses and nursing babies, where it can cause severe problems with nerve development. Mercury consumption is also damaging to children and adults. Mercury damages the central nervous system, endocrine system, kidneys, and adversely affects the mouth, gums, and teeth." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.)

"Sources of lead exposure include lead-based paints, ceramic glazes, lead crystal dishes and glassware, leaded gasoline, lead-acid batteries used in automobiles, tobacco, liver, water, some domestic and imported wines, canned fruit (the lead from lead-soldered cans leaches out and is absorbed by fruits), garden vegetables (if grown in lead-contaminated soil), bone meal, and insecticides. Even such innocuous-seeming items as vinyl mini-blinds and porcelain-glazed sinks and bathtubs have been implicated in lead exposure." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"For this and other health reasons, known and potential sources of lead exposure should be avoided. Common sources of lead exposure may include paint, foods grown near roadways, and water from lead pipes.28 Nutritional supplements that may be helpful Test tube studies show that vitamin (page 600) increases growth of beneficial mouth bacteria and decreases growth of cavity-causing bacteria.29 A double-blind study found that pregnant women who supplemented with 20 mg per day of vitamin Pj6 had significantly fewer new caries and fillings during pregnancy." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.)

"When it became clear that workers could be harmed by more than physical force, such as by mercury and lead exposure or anthrax, new legislation provided a remedy for occupational diseases. Even so, the notion of "injury" was contentious from the outset. "Writer's cramp" and "telegraphist's wrist" were rallying cries of the early union movement in Britain, with the result that they were added to the British schedule for occupational diseases in 1908, but not without medical debate that culminated a decade later in the rubric "occupational neurosis." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.)

"Lead was the first toxic heavy metal to be identified, and some action has been taken regarding lead exposure in our society. Before lead paint and leaded gasoline were banned, exposure levels were much higher. However, they are still a major problem. Toxic metals, like lead and mercury, are highly persistent in the environment and can be carried far distances in the atmosphere, getting deposited far from their place of origin. For example, coal-burning, lead- and mercury-belching smokestacks in China send their toxic load to the most remote and wild areas of America." - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.)

"Low-Level lead exposure and Behavior in Early Childhood." Pediatrics 101, No. 3 (March 1998): elO. Mielke, H. "Lead in the Inner Cities." American Scientist 87 (1998): 62-73. Minder, Barbara; Das-Smaal, Edith A.; Brand, Eddy F.J. M. and Orlebeke, Jacob F. "Exposure to Lead and Specific Attentional Problems in Schoolchildren." Journal of'Learning Disabilities 27', no. 6 0une/July 1994): 393-398. Muniyappa, R., et al. "Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) Secretion in Healthy Older Men and Women: Effects of Testosterone and Growth Hormone Administration in Older Men." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"When it became clear that workers could be harmed by more than physical force, such as by mercury and lead exposure or anthrax, new legislation provided a remedy for occupational diseases. Even so, the notion of "injury" was contentious from the outset, as was the inflexibility of the "schedules." Today, schedules are largely supplanted by a convoluted process in all jurisdictions, one that is paralleled in the Veterans Administration and the Social Security Administration. All invoke some medical determination of impairment, often going to great lengths and expense to quantify disease." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.)

"Lead is readily absorbed by the body, accumulates in bone, remains highly persistent, and is highly toxic to the nervous system, particularly in embryos, and babies born with lead exposure that occurred in the womb, as well as children exposed to lead, can develop serious complications, including decreased attention span, impulsiveness, lowered IQ, seizures, aggressiveness, and even brain damage. "The problem with lead in the body is that it mimics other biologically important metals such as iron, calcium, and zinc," says Dr. Edward C." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"Today, we extract a billion tons of lead a year from the earth's crust, and it is poisoning us. lead exposure comes from paints, batteries, and drinking water flowing through lead-lined pipes. Lead emissions from industry pollute our food and water. Bone lead content in a healthy individual is a hundred times greater than that of a healthy person a hundred years ago. Lead content is directly linked to an increased risk for CVD, hypertension, kidney disease, and even psychiatric symptoms. Children are actually more susceptible to such toxicity than adults." - 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.)

"They quickly move into tissues. lead exposure, however, is frequently ongoing, so sometimes lead is still in the blood during the testing procedure. Mercury, on the other hand, is rarely found in high levels in the blood. Unfortunately, most mercury travels quickly to tissues and cells, including brain cells. Technically, the presence of these metals in the tissues and cells does not meet the generally accepted diagnostic criteria for heavy metal toxicity." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"Yes, that's right—toys are a major route of lead exposure. Though lead paint has been banned since 1978, and lead piping since 1986, there is currently no law mandating that children's toys be free of this fatal poison (unless they have lead paint on them, in which case the lead paint law applies). As demonstrated by the unprecedented recall of millions of Chinese-made toys last year, many children's toys manufactured abroad still contain appalling quantities of lead. Until the Lead Free Toys Act becomes law, parents must be very careful when choosing the toys they bring into their homes." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Current research suggests that the effects of lead exposure on human brain development may be even more damaging than we currently know.36 Obviously, public-health policy in every nation must protect children, and resources must be invested to learn more about the effects of lead, help educate families about safe removal of lead from the home, and properly regulate the release of lead into our environment." - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.)

"Other possible sources of lead contamination include: Keys Lead sinkers for fishing Lead soldiers and other collectible figurines Colored newsprint, including comic books Colored food wrappers with ink printed on plastic bags; don't reuse these Older ceramic dishes and imported dishes Imported eyeliner and face paint for children Because all of the health problems associated with lead exposure are totally preventable, it's really important to take an inventory of your home." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Human lead exposure. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1991. Needleman, Herbert L., et al. "Bone Lead Levels and Delinquent Behavior." JAMA 275 (1996): 363-69. Needleman, Herbert L. "Environmental Neurotoxins and Attention Deficit Disorder." Presentation at Conference on Environmental Neurotoxins and Developmental Disability, Academy of Medicine, New York (May 24-25, 1999). Papakostas, G. I., et al. "Serum Folate, Vitamin B12, and Homocysteine in Major Depressive Disorder, Part 2: Predictors of Relapse During the Continuation Phase ofPharmacotherapy." Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 65, No." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Batteries (especially for autos) Paints (foreign or cheap grades mostly) • Cable coverings Ceramics Pesticides Products intentionally manufactured with lead aren't the only concern. lead exposure most often occurs when airborne particulates and paints containing lead contaminate drinking water. This is due partly to lead-filled fumes from mining, smelting, and manufacturing processes, as well as the inadequate removal of toxic lead-based paints. These airborne lead particles drift to the ground after a week or so, and pollute the soil and water sources." - Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN, Health Begins in the Colon (Get the book.)

"Even such innocuous-seeming items as vinyl mini-blinds and porcelain-glazed sinks and bathtubs have been implicated in lead exposure. Another potential source of lead poisoning is water supplied through lead piping. Lead piping was used in most homes built before 1930. Newer homes use copper pipes; however, even if you have copper pipes in your home, the chances are very good that they were assembled with lead solder, which is 50 percent lead. Solder can leach a significant amount of lead into the water supply, especially in the first few years after installation." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.) "Even low-level lead exposure in young children may be associated with impaired intellectual development and behavioral problems. Average blood lead levels in the United States have declined dramatically in recent decades, but, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 1 million American children under the age of five still have blood lead levels that exceed the acceptable norm. Unless otherwise specified, the dosages recommended here are for adults. For children between the ages of twelve and seventeen, reduce the dose to three-quarters of the recommended amount." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"The connection between lead exposure and parkinsonism was strengthened by the observation of a high incidence of the disorder in postal workers exposed to lead-sulfate batteries for up to thirty years.""1 One of the most powerful effects of lead, which is of major concern during brain development, is its effect on the glutamate neurotransmitter system. Lead has been shown to powerfully inhibit part of the glutamate system (called the NMDA receptor). So why is this so important? As we have seen, glutamate is one of the most important stimulating molecules for normal brain development." - Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., Health and Nutrition Secrets (Get the book.)

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