hair test results for anderP and Ralph P--I'd appreciate input

April 5, 2011

Dear lovely people:

We just got the hair test results for my 2yr old DS (P) and my husband

(RalphP). What is most disturbing to me is the high arsenic in both. Has anyone

else had experience with this? Any ideas for where the exposure comes from (from

what Cutler says, arsenic stays in hair only for short time, so it's gonna be a

recent/chronic exposure). We live next to Pfizer, which has been prosecuted

elsewhere for arsenic dumping. I figure that's the cause, but not sure. Given a

current exposure, I'd like to eliminate it before the boys chelate.

Also, shows high iodine--I've been taking 4 iodoral a day for about 9

mos, so I'm guessing that's a false elevation. Same with selenium--we take high

mineral salt and also gets custom vitamin supplement for kids with

trisomy 21 that includes selenium and iodine. So I'm guessing selenium is also a

false elevation. The boron I have no idea. Anyone with ideas on the boron? Any

feedback?

DH (RalphP) shows deranged mineral transport--does this show adrenal support is

needed? Thyroid issues? High potassium, low cal-mag.

Both boys show same elevated lead, arsenic, and boron. Wondering if it's worth

testing the water. I had our soil tested a few years ago, so it's not that. The

lead, I know, is probably old exposure, but arsenic and boron?

I'd love feedback. Kids with trisomy have weird mineral transport anyway--that's

why he takes the specialized supp. They need more minerals/vitamins to meet the

demands of the extra genetic material. It's a form of hypermetabolism.

The question for me is not do we chelate. Seems like a no-brainer. The question

is what are these showing? What causes high arsenic and boron? What issues that

can be addressed do you see?

I would really appreciate input on these tests.

best wishes and many thanks,

Fiona

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