If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Many concerned parents of Autistic children are rejoicing as U.S. health officials finally advocate a treatment for Autism called chelation. The treatment’s goal is to purge metals from the patient’s body. Metals, particularly from mercury vaccines, are [...]
Pesticides in fruits and vegetables? Growth hormones in milk? BPA in water bottles? These are just some of the health issues that we are worried about and try to avoid. But what we probably don’t know is that our pets can be carriers of toxins, too.
This is based on the study of a Washington-based Environmental [...]
Attention, sushi lovers. So much for the Okinawan diet. Your favorite delicacy might actually be contaminated with mercury.
A survey by the New York Times in October last year showed that mercury in tuna sushi is, in some cases, way above the safety levels set by the Environmental Protection Agency. The Times sampled and tested sushi [...]
Remember Julie Fletcher`s post about the link between autism and mercury? Here `s a study that supports her urge to “get over it.”
Thimerosal is a mercury-containing substance used as a preservative for vaccines. It was feared that vaccination can actually cause mercury-related disorders including autism. That`s why since 1999, thimerosal was banned from childhood vaccines [...]
Recent government studies have supported previous findings which advise pregnant women to limit their intake of fish in order to lower their risk of exposure to mercury and other toxic chemicals. Mercury can affect the brain development of a forming baby which is why it is of concern.
In 2004, the EPA and FDA issued [...]
The advice as to what we should be eating and what we shouldn’t be eating is getting increasingly complicated. One particular area of confusion is fish. Some fish is good for you, some fish is better for the environment, some fish has lots of mercury and some fish involves messing up the ecosystems. So where [...]
There has been question as to whether vaccinations, particularly the MMR
(Measles-Mumps-Rubella) vaccine, lead to autism in children. While some
studies have suggested that there may be a link between thimerosal, the
mercury-preserving component in some vaccines, and autism, major health
organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and FDA, deny
that there is a link[...]
