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"Our students, ages six to fourteen, were educated on how to check their houses for lead and the steps necessary to take if poisoning was identified. You can push for your city or municipality to act on lead poisoning. So take the initiative: Write a letter to the mayor; attend a city hall meeting; search the Internet to learn more about what lead poisoning is and what it does to our brains. If the source of lead in your home is peeling, chipping, or flaking paint, steps need to be taken to reduce this hazardous condition." - 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.)

"Never, ever take your pet to a groomer or vet who uses toxic grooming products, because you're not just poisoning your pet; you're poisoning your child as well. Think about what happens when you bring your clean, fluffy pet home in the evening. Your kids will probably fall all over their beloved friend, hugging and kissing it, rubbing their faces into the animal's fur and breathing in all those toxins from the chemical shampoos. Ask your groomer to stop using toxic products on your pet. If he refuses, find another groomer. Or better yet, just bathe your animal at home." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"When a doctor hears that an illness begins suddenly, he or she thinks of either infection or some kind of poisoning. Since poisoning is uncommon, this sudden onset of severe fatigue points to an infectious trigger. Rates of CFS approach 9 percent of patients who are initially diagnosed by blood tests as having infectious mononucleosis. And mono isn't the only infection that seems to be implicated in the onset of CFS. Some patients who have positive blood tests for Lyme disease go on to CFS." - Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D., Your Symptoms Are Real: What to Do When Your Doctor Says Nothing Is Wrong (Get the book.)

"Lead Lead poisoning has contributed to cognitive dysfunction in human populations for at least 2,500 years.32 Some scholars propose that the decline of the Roman Empire may have been hastened by endemic lead poisoning—a theory supported by archaeological data showing high lead concentrations in the remains of Roman aristocrats who presumably ingested excessive amounts of wine laced with lead and took in lead particles from water pipes." - 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.)

"You've been suffocating and poisoning Harriet because she seems dangerous to you—because until now, you've granted her the status of a goddess. Whatever she's said, you've believed without question. If Harriet has whispered that you're inept or a loser or not likeable, you've accepted those judgments. You go ahead and eat another piece of cake because Harriet has convinced you that whatever diet you're on is never going to make a real difference. She's convinced you that you'll never lose the weight and that even if you do lose the weight, people still won't love you the way you want them to." - Roger Gould, Shrink Yourself: Break Free from Emotional Eating Forever (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.) "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.) "The Lowdown on Lead Science tells us that lead is poisoning the brains of our children, driving up our blood pressure, and damaging our kidneys. Yet the way most physicians test for lead is ineffective. The standard procedure measures blood lead levels, which invariably come back in the "safe" range. Patients are then told that lead is not a problem. The problem with lead lies elsewhere. It is not stored in the blood. It accumulates within cells, tightly bound to structural proteins. Thus, blood lead levels do not reflect the body burden of lead in 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.)

"The study of the nature, effects and detection of poisons and the treatment of poisoning. toxicological Of or relating to toxicology. urogenital Anatomical reference pertaining to the urinary and genital apparatus. villi Of-the-minute, worm-like processes on certain membranes, especially on the mucous membrane of the small intestine, that help the body to absorb nutrients. virus shedding A process by which viruses are expelled from the body; a form of disease transmission. VSL#3 A group of probiotic strains used in combination in clinical trials: L. casei, L. plantarum, L. acidophilus, L." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"Many of these same symptoms are equally applicable to the symptoms of poisoning from mercury vapor. It should be noted that there are many patients who have these identical symptoms who do not have either allergic disease or mercury poisoning; hence, these symptoms are not the exclusive domain of mercury poisoning or allergy; and, as mentioned above, there is much overlap. This is why the ability of mercury poisoning to masquerade is something one should be aware of. Furthermore, I have seen a number of patients who are edentulous, i.e." - Sam Ziff ,and Michael F. Ziff, Dentistry Without Mercury (Get the book.)

"CHILDHOOD VACCINATIONS Are We poisoning Our Children? The common heavy metal mercury has been employed industrially since the 1800s, when hat makers used it to manufacture felt. Many hat makers, however, were poisoned by inhaling mercury, which is more toxic than any substance on earth, except for uranium. They began to experience acute memory loss, poor cognitive function, speech problems, anxiety, irritability, loss of coordination, and depression; symptoms that gave rise to the phrase "mad as a hatter." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"Although this abnormal type of cell metabolism has harmful side effects, by doing this, the body can avert, at least for a little while, the fatal poisoning of the affected organ or the blood. By keeping at least some of the oxygen-deprived cells alive through cell mutation, the organ is safeguarded against irreversible and sudden collapse and failure. All of these adaptations make cancer a survival mechanism to keep the person alive for as long as circumstances permit. Cancer and Heart Disease?" - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Like many mothers of autistic children at that time, she had heard rumors and reports that childhood vaccinations sometimes triggered autism by poisoning children with heavy metals, which could be removed by chelation. I had read similar reports in the emerging biomedical literature on autism, and had begun to test that theory. But it wasn't appropriate for Kyle at this point. His lab work had revealed that he had significantly elevated fungal markers in his urine, indicating heavy overgrowth in his gut of yeast, or Candida." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"Toxic chemical: Toxic chemicals are substances that can cause severe illness, poisoning, birth defects, disease, or death when ingested, inhaled, or absorbed by living organisms. Toxic pollutants: Toxic pollutants are materials contaminating the environment that cause death, disease, and birth defects in organisms that ingest or absorb them. The quantities and length of exposure necessary to cause these effects can vary widely." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"NAC has a thirty-year history of therapeutic use, and is often applied as an antidote for acetaminophen poisoning. In addition to increasing the body's levels of glutathione, it is also an antioxidant. It also protects enzymes that contain sulfur. In addition, it contains sulfur itself, and can thereby improve the sulfation process. However, sulfur also increases yeast proliferation, so patients who have yeast overgrowth often find that oral NAC aggravates the condition. I generally don't give NAC until Candida has been cleared." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"In addition, infected material may enter the bloodstream, causing septic poisoning and acute illnesses. In most cases, though, the lymph blockage occurs gradually of many years, without any "serious" symptoms other than swelling of the abdomen, hands, arms, feet, or ankles or puffiness in the face and eyes. This is often referred to as "fluid retention," a major precursor of chronic illness. Many cancer patients suffer from one or several of these symptoms long before they are diagnosed with a cancerous growth. Continuous lymphatic obstruction usually leads to cellular mutation." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Carnitine helps to combat ammonia poisoning by converting ammonia to urea, which is excreted in the urine. In one animal study, toxic doses of ammonia were administered to a group of mice pre-treated with carnitine, and to another group that wasn't. All the mice pretreated with carnitine survived; unfortunately not one of the untreated control animals survived. Carnitine is also considered an antioxidant and free-radical scavenger, and has the ability to chelate (bind with) iron. And finally, a certain form of carnitine (propionyl-L-carnitine) has been shown to be a powerful vasodilator." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.)

"Cancer doesn't do such a thing, but chemical poisoning does. He actually looked more ill than someone who has been bitten by a poisonous snake. Do the mainstream media ever report about the overwhelming scientific evidence that shows chemotherapy has zero benefits in the five-year survival rate of colon cancer patients?" - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Unable to persuade himself that he could rule in his own name—Ricimer was both part-Visigoth and all Arian; the first non-Roman to accept the title of emperor in the west was Charlemagne, in 80036—he instead placed a series of others on the western throne, each less vigorous than his predecessor, and most of whom were eventually discarded by Ricimer by the time-honored means of imperial power transfer: death by poisoning." - William Rosen, Justinian's Flea: The First Great Plague and the End of the Roman Empire (Get the book.)

"Instead of using readily available pills (he was a medical doctor) or a gun (he owned pistols), Frank had contrived to disable the catalytic converter on his car so that he could kill himself with carbon monoxide poisoning. Typical of manic planning—elaborate, grandiose, and futile—Frank had bought special tools and obtained detailed instructions on the project. After trying to deactivate the catalytic converter, he climbed into his car and turned on the gas, hoping to poison himself. It didn't work—his car's catalytic converter was not sufficiently impaired—and he survived." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.) "As I've seen time and again, in the midst of poisoning a child with medications, doctors begin to shift the blame from themselves to the child's distressed parents. Notes in the record began to show thinly veiled hostility toward the parents. Instead of reexamining their own misguided medical decisions, the doctors began blaming the parents for supposedly overreacting to their son's deteriorating and increasingly desperate condition. After beginning the switch from Zoloft to Effexor, the clinic psychiatrist at last met with Andy's parents." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.) "These psychiatrists have no idea that their patients frequently grow worse, and almost never get much better, because they are poisoning their brains. What are the alternatives to unfounded biological theories and toxic psychiatric drugs? The contest is not between drugs and psychotherapy or any other specific "mental health" approach. The potentially earthshaking contest takes place between drugs and real life, between an artificially distorted mental life and a clear mind and spirit. How we approach life often comes down to the nature of our last resort." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"Some of these seed introductions, such as Himalayan berries and the banana poke (a type of passion fruit) have taken over the island, snuffing out local plants and poisoning animals. Hawaii is considered the world capital of invasive species. Charles Elton, in The Ecology of Invasion by Animals and Plants, describes Hawaii as "quite an exchange and bazaar for species, a scrambling together of forms from the continents and islands of the world." It isn't only humans who've brought seeds to the islands. A number of them simply floated in on air currents, explains Alan Burdick in Out of Eden." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (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.)

"We allow our toxic wastes to flow into our surroundings, poisoning other species, with hardly a thought. And we too are somewhat stupid; if we continue along this path, we are likely to cause irreversible damage to the biosphere, and will probably destroy ourselves. But the parallels go deeper than surface appearances and behavior. When we look at what underlies cancer and at what underlies humanity's malignant tendencies, we again find remarkably similar patterns. In essence, cancer can be thought of as a programming error." - Peter Russell, Waking Up In Time: Finding Inner Peace In Times of Accelerating Change (Get the book.)

"When Should a Doctor be Contacted? • if you suspect poisoning, over medication, alcohol or drug abuse • if you suffer from a sore neck or headache • if you have signs of being dehydrated such as excessive thirst, urine that is infrequent and dark yellow, dry mouth, sunken face and eyes, skin that loses elasticity and doesn't bounce back when it is pinched • the vomiting lasts more than eight hours • there is blood or greenish bile in the vomit Tips for Vomiting • Drink a lot of water or clear fluids. • Fast for the day to take the pressure off the stomach." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.) "Some worries with consumption of these things are parasites, intestinal blockage and poisoning with lead or glue. CAUSES OF FOOD CRAVINGS WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT EXPANDS Some people who are trying to restrict their intake of fats, fried foods, salt, sugar or chocolate may desire these foods more. This could be due to the common principle that what you think about expands. Knowing you cannot have it fixes your mind on having it. Cement in your mind that you are someone in control that can eat one chocolate or one small piece of cake." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

"INTERNAL APPROACH FOR ALL POISONINGS HERBS To help eliminate poisons, have child drink the following herbs for several weeks following poisoning: Red Clover, Golden Seal, Dandelion, Echinacea, Myrrh, Licorice Root, Barberry, and Capsicum. HOMEOPATHIC Aconite 30c: Restless and tossing with great fear and anxiety. Arsen Alb 30c: Severe vomiting and purging, extreme exhaustion and restlessness; food poisoning. Cantharis 30c: Fiery burning sensations, burning urine, and pale face. Carbo Veg 30c: Deathly cold but feels hot inside; better from belching; stomach pain; food poisoning." - Frances Darragh and Louise Darragh Law, Healing Your Child: An A-Z Guide to Using Natural Remedies (Get the book.)

"Incidentally, had they known, one way they could have eliminated the carbon monoxide poisoning would have been to give Warren high doses of vitamin C daily. It rapidly converts deadly carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide, which is easily eliminated in the lungs. This allows the red blood cells to again absorb oxygen, and deliver it to the brain as nature intended. For serious carbon monoxide poisoning, giving vitamin C intravenously is recommended. We must seriously ask ourselves why years ago, no one ever heard of giving children drugs to control their behavior, or for depression." - Dr David W Tanton, Ph.D., Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, And Stimulants - Dangerous Drugs on Trial (Get the book.)

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