Re: chelating without determining the source of mercury

November 24, 2010

Yes, chelate.

ALA is in theory safer if there is ongoing exposure.

With numbers like that I really doubt there is.

Andy

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> Hi -

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> I'm new to the list and wrote a few months ago when we first discovered that

there was mercury in my son's blood test results. The test was from Genova.

His mercury count was .0079 mcg/g with a reference range of <= .0039 mcg/g.

Also, there were small amounts of mercury in unprovoked urine (in the yellow

range - 1.37ug/g based on a reference range <=2.19ug/g). I know these aren't

the recommended tests, but my thinking is they should be enough for us to know

we need to chelate. Should we still do the hair test?

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> We haven't really determined the source of the mercury and can't be sure he

isn't getting new exposure. We don't eat fish. We researched his CLO

supplements (Green Pasture) and they are mercury free. We took him off our well

water even though the well water tested with no detectable levels of mercury.

He's a pica kid and we've done an aggressive yeast protocol and supplemented

zinc (which tested somewhat low) and the pica is still going strong. We've

started giving him chewing gum but we still find things constantly in his mouth.

We're going to try a general trace mineral supp. to see if it helps with the

pica. I also am wondering about possible exposure from fly ash in our concrete

floors, which are throughout the house.

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> I don't want to delay chelation much longer, but I want to make sure it's safe

to do if we're not certain we've eliminated the current exposure. Would DMSA or

ALA be safer in our situation?

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> Thanks for any help.

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November 25, 2010

Hi ,

Did he get the flu shot other vaccines? Does he or do you have any mercury

amaglam dental fillings? Do you live near a coal-fired power plant? Check

www.danasview.net/metals for more possible sources of exposure.

S S

Re: chelating without determining the source of mercury

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> Hi -

>

> I'm new to the list and wrote a few months ago when we first discovered that

there was mercury in my son's blood test results. The test was from Genova. His

mercury count was .0079 mcg/g with a reference range of <= .0039 mcg/g. Also,

there were small amounts of mercury in unprovoked urine (in the yellow range -

1.37ug/g based on a reference range <=2.19ug/g). I know these aren't the

recommended tests, but my thinking is they should be enough for us to know we

need to chelate. Should we still do the hair test?

>

> We haven't really determined the source of the mercury and can't be sure he

isn't getting new exposure. We don't eat fish. We researched his CLO supplements

(Green Pasture) and they are mercury free. We took him off our well water even

though the well water tested with no detectable levels of mercury. He's a pica

kid and we've done an aggressive yeast protocol and supplemented zinc (which

tested somewhat low) and the pica is still going strong. We've started giving

him chewing gum but we still find things constantly in his mouth. We're going to

try a general trace mineral supp. to see if it helps with the pica. I also am

wondering about possible exposure from fly ash in our concrete floors, which are

throughout the house.

>

> I don't want to delay chelation much longer, but I want to make sure it's safe

to do if we're not certain we've eliminated the current exposure. Would DMSA or

ALA be safer in our situation?

>

> Thanks for any help.

>

November 25, 2010

Well, no recent vaccines (1 year) but he did have what the doc claimed was

thimerisol free vaccines until then. He doesn't have amalgam fillings. No

mercury containing thermostats or thermometers.

4 years ago, we live near a coal-fired power plant which is apparently one of

the worst offenders in the country. Drove by it all the time and our house was

down wind. He's had digestive issues from the start and I wonder if he's had

yeast issues all along. I read somewhere that yeast will bind to the mercury.

Don't know if the mercury could still be lingering in the yeast from that long

ago. But we have been slowly killing off yeast with SCD for 2 years. So

maybe??

Also we have a house filled with CFL bulbs, but none of them have broken. I know

someone on this list posted something about them being dangerous but I couldn't

find anything on the internet that said they were dangerous unbroken.

So, the other idea is that it was the random pencil or toy that had mercury.

Maybe the coffee straws we used to have him chew when the pica was bad. And my

latest idea, fly ash in the concrete floors.

He has dyslexia, dysgraphia, amblyopia, auditory processing problems, sensory

processing disorder and really just fits the classic symptoms of mercury

toxicity. There are some supplements that he just can't tolerate in any form

(magnesium) and I've been thinking a lot about what Dana says about her son not

being able to tolerate supps until she chelated.

So, I think we're going to take the plunge very soon.

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> Hi ,

> Did he get the flu shot other vaccines? Does he or do you have any mercury

amaglam dental fillings? Do you live near a coal-fired power plant? Check

www.danasview.net/metals for more possible sources of exposure.

> S S

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November 25, 2010

Thank you Andy. I feel better about proceeding knowing your opinion.

Happy Thanksgiving.

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> > Hi -

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> > I'm new to the list and wrote a few months ago when we first discovered that