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--- Albert and Hoeberechts

wrote:

> From: " Albert and Hoeberechts "

>

> To: " ' Sampson' "

> CC:

> Subject: Antimony & arsenic

> Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 20:40:10 -0700

>

> I agree with your allergist. DMSA is taken orally

> and forms stable

> chelatants with both As and Sb, and the resulting

> compounds are excreted in

> the urine. I am not sure what the dose would be for

> a 16-month old child.

> The usual dose for an adult is 250mg at intervals,

> usually 2~3 times per

> week.

>

> When you allergist refers to I-V chelation I presume

> he/she is referring to

> chelation with EDTA. EDTA is a very useful

> chelatant and is given to

> children, especially for elimination of lead

> following lead poisoning. It

> works quite well with As and Sb, but I would try

> DMSA first, as your

> allergist also recommends.

>

> Following treatment with DMSA you would need to wait

> for a period to allow

> sufficient hair to grow and thus provide a reliable

> sample of what is in the

> body following the DMSA treatment. I am sure your

> allergist would know what

> time period would elapse.

>

> As I mentioned on the phone, you may take it as a

> virtual fact that the

> source of the As and Sb is the crib mattress.

>

> What is not generally recognised is that there are

> literally millions of

> children who have been exposed to these gases during

> the period since

> authorities required crib mattresses to be made fire

> retardant. By my

> estimation this caused the crib deaths of about

> 40,000 babies in Britain,

> and I am in no doubt that the 3500 crib deaths

> annually in the US are

> largely from the same cause. But those numbers are

> small compared with the

> numbers who, like your baby, were exposed to the

> gases but did not receive a

> fatal dose.

>

> My book " The Cot Death Cover-up " gives the results

> of hair analysis of a

> number of babies 9~18 months old, compared with

> analyses from a number of

> mothers of these babies. The concentration of

> antimony in the babies' hair

> was 26~30 times that in the mothers' hair!

>

> This is a very serious matter, and Dr and I

> are in no doubt that this

> exposure to antimony is responsible for many of the

> cases of nerve disorder

> among children and teen-agers today. What the

> long-term prognosis is I

> simply don't know.

>

> Best wishes

>

> Jim Sprott.

>

> For Dr. Sprott

>

>

> I forgot to ask earlier during our conversation, but

> do you have any recommendetions for detoxifying our

> baby? His allergist suggested DMSA oral chelation,

> and if that doesn't work, IV chelation, but I'd like

> your opinion, if you have one formed. Here are his

> hair sample levels:

> Antimony 0.18ug/g Ref. range < 0.066

> Arsenic 0.17ug/g Ref. range < 0.08

>

> He is 16 months old.

> Sampson

>

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