CHEMICAL TOXICITY AND
ITS CORRECTION
by Dr. Lawrence Wilson
© February 2019, L.D.
Wilson Consultants, Inc.
All information in this article is for
educational purposes only. It is
not for the diagnosis, treatment, prescription or cure of any disease or health
condition.
Contents
II. EXAMPLES OF TOXIC
CHEMICALS
III. PREVENTION OF
CHEMICAL POISONING
IV. REMOVING TOXIC
CHEMICALS FROM THE BODY
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According to the United States Environmental Protection
Agency or EPA, the most important threat to both human, animal and plant life
on earth comes from the effects of toxic chemicals.
Hundreds of
thousands of chemicals have been produced in the world in the past two hundred
years, especially, often with little understanding of their toxicity - until a
problem arises.
It is difficult
for governments and health authorities to keep up with the design and
manufacture of new chemical substances as our understanding of chemistry becomes greater and greater. While I do not like the EPA in some
ways, they have tried to limit the spread of many deadly chemicals such as
pesticides, insecticides, solvents, toxic plastics, and others.
SUMMARY – THE PROBLEMS WITH TOXIC
CHEMICALS
1.
Widespread. The toxic chemical problem. Thousands of toxic chemicals have found
their way into our air, food and water supplies worldwide. No place on earth is free of them
anymore because they are carried by the wind and the rain to
every corner of the earth.
Studies
reveal that everyone
in the developed nations has hundreds of these toxic chemicals in their blood
and stored in their body tissues.
2. Acute and chronic toxicity. Toxic
chemical contribute to every possible type of physical and mental health
problem imaginable.
Some of
their toxic effects occur quickly, but others require time to develop and may
not be observable for years. For
example, they may affect only the next generation of children. This makes them difficult to study.
3. Persistence in the environment. A number of toxic chemicals require
years to biodegrade. As a result,
they may affect generations of people plants and animals.
4. Difficulty and costly to detect. Unlike toxic metals, for example, many
toxic chemicals are costly to identify.
In some cases, there are no tests for the chemicals.
5. Difficulty removing many toxic chemicals
from the body. Medical
methods are not very effective for removing most toxic chemicals. Fortunately, following a complete
development program is effective, provided one does
the detoxification procedures such as coffee enemas, near infrared lamp sauna
sessions, foot reflexology and the rest of the program. One needs to stay on the program for a
number of years, not weeks or months.
Cleansing
diets, fasts and detox programs that last a few weeks to a few months are much
less effective.
A partial
program, such as just using a sauna or just doing coffee enemas, is better than
nothing, but not nearly as helpful as a full development program.
II. EXAMPLES OF TOXIC
CHEMICALS
A
full list of the toxic chemicals we are exposed to each day would fill a large
book. One such book is entitled Our Toxic World
by Doris Rapp, MD.
As
an example, I will discuss one important group of chemicals, the endocrine
disruptors. These are toxic chemicals that disrupt the hormone systems of
plants, animals and human beings.
Most people have at least a dozen of these inside the body, and many
people today are born with them, having acquired them from your mother in
utero.
If you get enough of these chemicals in your body,
they cause havoc with your hormones due to the following mechanisms:
- Increasing production of certain hormones
- Decreasing production of other hormones
- Imitating hormones
- Turning one hormone into another
- Interfering with hormone signaling
- Telling cells to die prematurely
- Competing with essential nutrients
- Binding to essential hormones
- Accumulating in organs that produce hormones.
Here
are some of the worst of them and how to avoid them:
BPA. This
chemical mimics estrogen in the body.
Many people have a lot in their bodies. It is used to line some cans and in polycarbonate plastic
bottle, unless the bottle says BPA-free.
A development program will reduce the amount in the body to a safe
level.
Dioxin. This is a pesticide sprayed on some
food products. To avoid it, look
for organically grown food as much as you can. The price of this food is well worth it to avoid many
pesticides. A development program
will reduce the amount of this chemical in the body.
Atrazine. This
is a toxic herbicide sprayed on some food products, especially corn. Fruit is the most heavily sprayed food
group. Even organically grown
fruit must be sprayed with natural, but still toxic chemicals in some cases.
To avoid it, avoid fruit. That may sound drastic, but we find fruit causes many
problems in our bodies today and is not at all needed for health.
Phthalates. This is another toxic chemical that can
signal cells to die. It is found
in some plastic food containers, some personal care products, and food wrap
that says recycle #3. Look for phthalate-free products. A development program will help remove this chemical from
the body.
Perchlorate. This chemical is sometimes used to kill germs that live in tap
water. It interferes with iodine
in the body.
To avoid it, use a carbon filter if you drink tap
water, and ideally drink spring water.
Reverse osmosis filtering and distillation of water also remove it, but
these drinking waters have virtually no minerals in them, so we donÕt recommend
them. A development program will
remove excess perchlorate in the body.
Other
iodine antagonists.
Other chemicals that interfere with iodine in the body and thereby cause
thyroid problems are bromine and fluorine. Bromine is found in citrus-flavored soda pop and commercial
breads. Fluoride is in some
toothpaste, some mouthwash, and some doctors recommend
fluoride tablets for babies and children.
Toxic fluoride is added to many city water supplies and cannot be
removed with carbon filtration.
To avoid bromides and fluorides, avoid soda pop
completely. It is total junk! Also, try not to drink fluoridated
water. If your town or city has
fluoridated water, start a campaign to end fluoridation, which is poison and
does not reduce tooth decay. More
and more towns are doing this. For
details, read Water Fluoridation. A development
program will help remove all these chemicals from the body.
Fire
retardants (PBDEs). These are very persistent chemicals
that imitate thyroid hormones and contribute to thyroid problems. They are hard to avoid and should be
banned. A development program will
get them out of the body.
Perfluorinated chemicals. These are chemicals used to make
non-stick coatings on pots and water-resistant coatings for clothing. They are very persistent chemicals that
have many negative effects on the body including kidney and thyroid disease,
low birth weight, damaged sperm and high cholesterol. Most people have some in their bodies because they do
not degrade. A development program
will help remove this chemical from the body.
Organophosphates. These are
very toxic pesticides used to stop insect reproduction. They are widely used on
some crops and interfere with testosterone and other signaling chemicals in
human beings. A development program will help remove this
chemical from the body.
Glycol ethers. These are endocrine-disrupting
chemicals found in solvents used in paints, brake fluid, cleaning products and
cosmetics. They can cause asthma,
allergies and blood abnormalities, among other problems.
A development program will
help remove this chemical from the body.
Arsenic,
lead, copper and mercury. These toxic metals are also
considered endocrine disrupters.
Copper and mercury affect the thyroid gland. Lead and arsenic – widely used in pesticides –
can affect many glands in the body. A
development program will remove these toxic metals from the body. Some doctors use chelation therapy to
remove toxic metals. This is
somewhat effective. However, we do
not recommend this method. For details,
read Chelation Therapy.
Medical drugs in the water. This
is a huge toxic chemical problem that few talk about. Unfortunately, some medical and over-the-counter drugs do
not break down or biodegrade quickly.
In America, a study revealed that ALL major city
water supplies contain residues of medical drugs. You can be taking half a dozen medical drugs just by
drinking a glass of water.
The drugs
include hormones, hormone inhibitors, and many other types of drugs.
III. PREVENTING AND
MINIMIZING CHEMICAL TOXICITY
There is
much anyone can do to minimize exposure to toxic chemicals. Here is a short list of items:
General suggestions. Work and live in as clean an area as
possible. Do not live near factories, smoke stacks, power plants and other locations
where chemicals are used.
Wash your
hands often, several times daily, and much more if you travel, spend time
around others, work outside or with any type of chemicals, or even if you work
with wood or metals, or in an office.
This will keep chemicals off your hands, because many are absorbed
through the skin.
Clean up your home, work area, recreational areas,
automobiles and other places you spend time. Leaving things around often causes chemicals to deposit or
sit around, and then you touch them, or breathe them, or they get on food.
Keep the
body clean. You need not shower daily, but donÕt
allow chemicals to be on your skin for very long. Definitely shower daily if you work around chemicals of any
type, or are with others who smoke or work around chemicals. Showering every other day is wise.
Food. Eat
organically grown food, as much as possible. Pesticides are among the most toxic chemicals on planet
earth. Also, never use pesticides
around the house or garden. Use
only natural sprays and insecticides.
If you
buy food in plastic bags, when you get home, take the food out of the bags.
Avoid
all fast food restaurants and most chain restaurants, as most use many chemical
additives in the food. If
possible, cook and prepare your own food, and use only natural
ingredients.
Read labels carefully. Prepared food may contain up to 3000 food chemicals. Minimize your intake of preservatives,
artificial colors, artificial flavors, MSG, aspartame and other artificial
sweeteners, and avoid fructose, which is processed with mercury.
Avoid aluminum cookware, unless it is covered by
another, safer material so that the food does not touch the aluminum part of
the pot or pan.
If
possible eat only fresh food. Some food packaging is full of
chemicals. Exceptions are it is
okay to drink bottled water in plastic bottles, as it is often better than tap
water. Also, blue corn chips, cheese, fresh meats and some vegetables are okay
packed in plastic, especially if they will be cooked.
Water. Natural spring water is usually the best drinking water. Spring water in the
Untied States is regulated by the government, and most of it excellent. I know some health authorities donÕt
agree, but that is our experience.
We find that drinking from plastic bottles is fine, although one can
perhaps obtain free spring water by looking for a local spring at
www.findaspring.com.
In the United
States, the second best drinking water is often carbon-only filtered or
sand-filtered tap water. I know
this sounds strange because tap water contains some chlorine, and often some
aluminum and perhaps other chemicals.
However, it hydrates the body well and is not costly. In some other nations, tap water may not be safe
to drink.
Many health
authorities suggest drinking reverse osmosis water or distilled water because
most chemicals have been removed from it.
However, we find that reverse osmosis water often does not hydrate the
body well. Also, both reverse
osmosis water and distilled water lack minerals and this is harmful today. Both are also very yin in macrobiotic
terminology, and reverse osmosis water seems to cause a type of plastic
poisoning. Reverse
osmosis water is made by passing the water through a plastic membrane.
Also
avoid Òdrinking waterÓ, Òpurified waterÓ and most designer or special waters,
as most are made from reverse osmosis water. For much more on this topic, read Water
For Drinking on this website.
In many cities and nations, it is best to take quick showers, but not baths. The water is quite toxic in some areas, even if it is not too chlorinated and fluoridated. Showering quickly is usually best everywhere, unless you know the water is pure, which is rare.
Strictly avoid all hot tubs and swimming pools. I know this is difficult sometimes. However, these are always toxic, even if they are purified and sanitized with natural substances. They are breeding grounds for bacteria, viruses, parasites and more. Chlorine, bromine, silver cartridges and ozone cannot kill all the bacteria and viruses, and the tap water is not that clean, either.
Be careful bathing in hot springs, rivers, streams and lakes. These can be polluted, and may not smell bad or offer any other type of indication of their toxicity. This is unfortunate, but try to check the place you swim before going there. The ocean is better, by the way. Salt water purifies itself more than fresh water.
Body care. Use only natural soaps, cleansers, solvents, and other household chemicals. Do not use smelly, chemical products on your body! A lot of them – shampoos, creams, lotions, toothpaste with fluoride, mouth washes, anti-perspirants, hair spray, etc. are horrible chemical concoctions. It is worth going to the health food store and finding natural alternatives.
Do not use nail polish, one of the most toxic chemicals in existence. If you have been exposed to nail polish remover, I find that you will need the red heat lamp therapy or daily red heat lamp sauna sessions to remove this solvent, and perhaps other solvents.
If you want to paint your nails, try to use only natural cosmetics, or at least paint your nails outside in the fresh air and donÕt ever breathe nail polish, as it is highly toxic.
Clothing and fabrics. Formerly, I suggested that everyone wear natural fiber clothing, especially underwear that is against the skin. However, if you wash new clothing before wearing it, synthetic clothing is not that bad, and may even have some advantages. Unfortunately, most cotton is heavily sprayed with pesticides, so wearing cotton or other natural fiber clothing is no guarantee you are avoiding toxic chemicals. Organic cotton is best, but is costly.
Use natural soaps and detergents to wash your clothes and dishes. Many fabrics for things like curtains are sprayed and many are bleached, today. Ideally, stay with natural fabrics for curtains, and every other use, although polyester and other synthetics for curtains are not bad.
New furniture can be quite toxic due to the foam rubber and other chemicals. Slightly older furniture is better, and non-toxic materials are best.
Occupational exposure. If possible, stay away from jobs in which you must handle a lot of toxic substances. This is getting better, but is still a problem in the areas as auto repair, construction, waste disposal, printing, metal-working, soldering, welding, mining, some electronics work with circuit boards, plastics manufacture, agricultural jobs, and some other types of manufacturing that involve toxic chemicals.
Medical and dental exposures. If at all possible, stay away from most, if not all medical drugs, and sadly, avoid most herbal remedies as well. Herbs are generally okay for short periods of time, but not for extended use. Even avoid random vitamins, minerals and other Ònatural productsÓ. The worst are humic acid, fulvic acid, all chelators, colloidal minerals, sea-based minerals, and a few others.
If possible, avoid medical contrast media. These are used with x-rays, which are also quite toxic, and with MRI, PET and other scans. Some are quite deadly if one is sensitive to them. Make sure you have to have a scan or donÕt do it.
Minimize all x-rays and especially CAT scans, which give one a lot more x-rays than other types of scans. Minimize fluoroscopic surgery for this reason, as well, if at all possible.
Have all your silver/mercury dental amalgams removed and replaced as soon as possible. Try not to have metals and too many chemicals in the mouth, or anywhere in or on the body. For example, do not get tattoos, and do not wear costume jewelry, as it is usually plated with nickel, a very toxic metal. Piercing the body with rings and other things also causes toxicity with metals or chemicals, and is not a wise idea. It can also cause nasty infections.
Air quality. If possible, avoid buying or living in most brand new homes, unless they are Òenvironmentally friendlyÓ. Most new homes and offices are quite toxic. DonÕt move in unless a home is a few years old and has had a chance to outgas. The same goes for office space.
If possible, avoid carpeting completely. New carpet is almost always pretty toxic. Older carpeting is less toxic, but usually dirty and infected with mold, fungi and other ÔbugsÕ.
Avoid new automobiles. Let them outgas for a year or more before riding in one, or buying one. If you must buy or ride in a new one, place an ozonator in it overnight or better, for a few days, to reduce the amount of chemical toxicity in it. You can do the same for a home if it has new carpeting or other chemicals.
Some new plastic equipment is a little toxic. If you think this is the case, allow the equipment to outgas a few days before handling it. You can also wipe it off with a soapy rag, perhaps.
If possible, live outside of a large city, or in a city that gets sea breezes to provide fresh, oxygen-rich air. Also, never walk or jog along a highway, and try not to breathe automobile fumes for any reason. Most cars have a setting on the heater so the air will be recycled and not brought in from outside.
Install an ionizer/ozonator air purifier in your
home to purify the air and increase its oxygen content. For more on this excellent machine,
please read Ozonator/Ionizers
on this site.
Travel.
Traveling on aircraft, buses, trains and other public transportation
tends to be more toxic than riding in a private car. Public or mass transportation exposes you to many peopleÕs
germs, and perhaps other hazards.
Aircraft, unfortunately, all offer a lot of electromagnetic pollution as
well, while other modes of travel have much less, in general. For more on this, read Safe Travel on this website.
Recreation
and hobbies. Sadly, golf courses are usually heavily
sprayed with pesticides. If you
must golf, wear long pants and long sleeve shirts, if possible, and socks,
rather than sandals. Change your
clothes and wash everything you wore on the golf course to remove pesticide
residues.
Some
hobbies are quite toxic, such those that involve gluing and oil painting. Oil painting, some sculpture, even
clays, lead glazing, lead used in stained glass window design, molding bullets
out of lead, soldering projects, welding projects, and others can be quite
toxic if you do it often. Pay
attention to any toxic substances you may use for any purpose at all.
IV. REMOVING TOXIC
CHEMICALS FROM THE BODY
Conventional
medical care offers very few remedies for toxic chemical poisoning, which now
affects everyone on planet earth.
This is very unfortunate, as the doctors are the health authorities that
most people turn to when there is an episode of toxicity such as a Òcancer
clusterÓ, or an epidemic of autism or birth defects. The medical profession is often at a loss to help, and often
pretends to know what to do when they really do not know at all. This is the sad situation of chemical
toxicity on planet earth.
However,
there is a bright spot in this picture.
Development programs will remove most, if not all chemical toxins from
the body. One must remain on a
program for some years, but it is effective.
HOW DEVELOPMENT REMOVES TOXIC CHEMICALS FROM
THE BODY
This
is done via about 10 or more mechanisms that all occur at the same time. These include but are not limited to:
1. Replenishing dozens of vital
nutrients. This boosts
the bodyÕs innate ability to remove all foreign substances from the body. This is a slow process that must be
done carefully, so as not to overwhelm the body with too many supplements or
even with the incorrect foods that would otherwise unbalance the overall
vitality of the body. The body has
buffering systems that prevent too much absorption of nutrients at one
time. Also, minerals and some
other nutrients compete for absorption in the intestines. Just giving a load of minerals will not
guarantee proper absorption and utilization. It must be done correctly and slowly. The concept of balancing the oxidation
rate is the key to development science and is discussed below.
2. Supporting and rebuilding the organs
of elimination such as the liver, kidneys, skin, intestines and lungs. This occurs when one balances the
oxidation rate and the major mineral ratios, as revealed on a properly
performed hair mineral analysis.
It also involves removing two dozen toxic
metals, renourishing the entire body, specific food supplements, and the use of
precise detoxification procedures such as near infrared sauna therapy and
coffee enemas or colon cleansing.
3. Balancing the autonomic nervous
system. In
many people today, the sympathetic nervous system is overactive and
exhausted. This impairs
detoxification. Correcting this
imbalance requires the proper diet, the use of a few supplements, the
detoxification procedures, and a healthful lifestyle.
4. Enhancing blood circulation to help
the body move toxic substances out of the body. Sauna therapy is fabulous for this
purpose, as is balancing the autonomic nervous system, a key part of a properly
designed development program. A
proper lifestyle is also very important, such as dressing correctly to keep
warm, resting enough.
5. Enhancing the oxygen content of the
body. Adequate oxygenation
of the body destroys many chemical toxins. Balancing the body chemistry, deep breathing, and the
detoxification procedures all help this to occur. I generally do not suggest vigorous exercise, however,
because most people are too tired and it becomes an added stress on the
body. It is also not needed, at
all.
6. Improving the hydration or water
content of the body tissues. This is a
greatly overlooked aspect of healing today. For example, I find that reverse osmosis water, also called Ôpurified
waterÕ or Ôdrinking waterÕ does not hydrate the body adequately. Alkaline water is also not very
good. I prefer a natural spring
water or carbon-only filtered tap water only for drinking. Adults need to drink about three quarts
or water daily. Also, coffee, tea,
juices, soda pop and other beverages cannot substitute for pure water. In fact, anything sweet such as fruit
juices or even fruit or sugars, caffeine in any form, or alcohol in any form
tends to dehydrate the body, and increases water requirements. For more on this subject, read Water For Drinking and Hydration
on this website.
7. Removing two dozen
toxic metals. Toxic metals block thousands of enzymes needed for the
removal of toxic chemicals from the body.
As the metals are removed, the vitality of the body improves
drastically, assisting chemical detoxification. Balancing body chemistry also helps activate these enzymes.
Development
programs can remove toxic metals without needing chelation, which we find
dangerous and not necessary. The
problem with chelation is that all chelators, even natural ones, remove some
vital minerals along with the toxic ones, that cannot
be easily replaced. For more on
this topic, read Chelation on this website.
8. Making the body much more yang in
Chinese medical terms. This is a
subtle aspect of balancing the body that can make a huge difference in vitality
and every other measure of health.
A more yang body can literally squeeze out certain toxins, which are
very yin.
9. Lifestyle plays an important role
through the avoidance of all toxic chemicals. These
include almost all medical drugs unless absolutely needed for emergencies, as
well as avoiding all hormones, including bio-identical hormones, all vaccines,
fluoridated and chlorinated water, almost all food chemicals, dental amalgams
and other toxic exposures.
10. Adding the daily use of a near
infrared sauna for several years greatly enhances the ability of the body to
remove toxins through the skin, in particular. The skin is the largest eliminative
organ of the body, but it is congested and sluggish in most people. The red heat lamp is very helpful to
remove solvents, in particular.
11. The use of the daily coffee enema
is another fabulous way to greatly enhance detoxification through the liver. Originally used by Max Gerson, MD for
cancer and other chronic diseases, the coffee enemas is truly amazing in its
simplicity, low cost, safety and effectiveness.
12. Equally important is that
development carefully avoids procedures and products that are somewhat toxic or
that can easily unbalance body chemistry. These methods include most herbs, which have become somewhat
toxic, most medical drugs, and other methods such as chelation therapy and all
hormone replacement therapies. I
do not find them necessary and have found too many problems with them.
THE FDA MENACE
Government
agencies such as the Food And Drug Administration are charged with keeping toxic
chemicals out of our food, water and our consumer products. They are also supposed to keep toxic
medical drugs off the market.
However,
this agency is among the most corrupt body in the world. What occurs is that the
people who are supposed to regulate the food and drugs are influenced by those
they are supposed to regulate.
The influence can take the form of bribes, threats, and more. As a result, the Food And Drug
Administration often does a lot more harm than good. Unless you realize this, you will not understand why one
cannot trust the pronouncements of this government agency.
In short,
the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is not your friend. For a first-hand account of the
problem, read The
History of A Crime Against The Food Law.
How Could It Happen? The
author is Dr. Harvey Wiley, MD, first director of the
US Food And Drug Administration.
More than
100 years ago, Dr. Wiley tested Coca Cola, white flour and some food additives
and drugs on human volunteers and found them to be toxic and harmful for
health. He banned all of these after careful
testing. Yet these substances
are still in markets and drugstores!
Today the
situation is much worse. This is
not about bashing the government or the food or drug companies. But one must understand that government
agencies, especially the FDA and the Federal Trade Commission that regulates
advertising are thoroughly influenced by those whom they regulate, namely the
food and drug companies.
This is
called Òthe revolving doorÓ because, according to one report, over half the FDA
ÒscientistsÓ, men and women who are charged with protecting your health, are
offered high-paying positions, stock options and other perks by the very people
whose products they are supposed to evaluate fairly. We strongly recommend reading Dr. WileyÕs 1929 book.