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Cognitive and Behavioral Effects Linked to Toxic Metal
Exposure and Resulting Metabolic Imbalances,
including Learning Disabilities, ADD, Violent Prone and Sociopathic Behavior, Juvenile Delinquency, Criminality,
and Mass Murder
1.In the last decade 50%
of U.S. pregnancies resulted in birth defects, neurological conditions such as
ADD, dyslexia, autism, schizophrenia, other learning disabilities; mood disorders, other developmental disorders;
or chronically unhealthy children according to a recent report of the National
Academy of Sciences. (1)
2. Peer-reviewed medical
studies have documented that the majority of such conditions are caused by
exposure to toxic substances, with the most common being the toxic metals:
mercury, lead, arsenic, nickel, cadmium, copper, antimony, and aluminum. (2,4,8-12) Pesticide , organochlorine,
organophosphate, dioxin, polyaromatic hydrocarbons(PAH), and PCB exposures are
also common and can also cause such effects. (3)
3. Dental amalgam is the
largest source of both inorganic and methyl mercury in most with several
mercury amalgam fillings, and most with several fillings have mercury exposure
levels 10 times that of the average person without amalgam. (14)
4. Much of the developmental
effects of mercury (and other toxic metals) are due to prenatal and neonatal
exposures damage to the developing endocrine
(hormonal) system.
(12,5)
5. Prenatal and neonatal toxic metal exposure
as well as chronic exposures to mercury,
lead, arsenic, cadmium, nickel, and aluminum have been documented in medical
publications and medical texts to cause common and widespread neurological and psychological effects
including depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorders, social deficits,
other mood disorders, schizophrenia, anorexia, cognitive impairments, ADHD,
autism, seizures, etc. (9,11,13,2,4)
6. Exposure to toxic
metals causes ADHD, dyslexia, autism, and other neurological and
immune conditions as a result of their neurotoxicity,
immunotoxicity, and endocrine disrupting
effects, as well as by causing deficiencies and imbalances in essential
minerals and essential fatty acids;
blocking essential enzymatic processes such as those necessary for
digestion and processing of milk casein, wheat gluten, amino acids, vitamin B-6
and B-12; and causing “leaky gut” and poor nutrient absorption(2,4,8-13). These enzymatic blockages and metabolic
disorders prevent processing of necessary minerals and nutrients and result in
neurotoxic metabolites in the blood. (2,4)
7. Metals toxicity and metabolic
imbalances are major factors in
behavioral disorders and problems of children- including violence, sociopathic
behavior, juvenile delinquency, and criminality (2,5,6,13)
8. A hair element analysis
of 28 recent mass murderers or
serial killers found that all had patterns of metals toxicity and mineral
imbalances typical of violent prone/sociopathic
behavior (6,13).
9. Metals detoxification
and nutritional treatment that deals with the essential mineral and essential
fatty acid imbalances result in significant improvements in most of these
conditions, including violent and sociopathic
behavior. (2,4,5,7,10-13)
10. Common exposures in children have
been documented for mercury(vaccines, mother’s amalgam fillings, dental work,
fish), lead(paint,soil,water fixtures,etc.), arsenic(treated wood, pesticides,
shellfish, other foods,Scotchguard), aluminum(pans,
processed food, medicines), cadmium(shellfish, paint, piping), antimony(cosmetics),
manganese(soy milk, welding, metal works) (2,4,6,10)
Toxic levels of such have been found in
the majority of Pervasive Developmental Disorder(PDD)
children tested. (2,4,10,11,13)
11. The majority of the
referenced medical studies can be found in Medline
at the National Institute of Health National Library of Medicine, www.nlm.nih.gov
Metals
toxicity is common and causes leaky gut, poor essential mineral absorption,
mineral and essential fatty acid imbalances, and enzymatic blockages that some
call "food allergies". This
is in addition to accumulating in hormone glands and brain causing hormonal and
neurotransmitter imbalances. Some are
more susceptible to such than
others and are more affected. But these resulting deficiencies and
imbalances are well documented to be the main cause of cognitive and behavioral
problems including juvenile delinquency and criminality and violence and even
mass murder. This has been documented in several large studies in schools,
juvenile detention centers and prisons.
Its also been well documented that nutrition
changes and vitamin and mineral supplementation can reduce these problems
significantly. But the earlier started
the better it works‑as in kindergarten and elementary school.
References/Links
(1) National
Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Committee on Developmental
Toxicology, Scientific Frontiers in
Developmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment, June 1, 2000, 313 pages; & Evaluating Chemical and Other Agent Exposures
for Reproductive and Developmental
Toxicity Subcommittee on Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity, Committee on Toxicology, Board on
Environmental Studies and Toxicology, National Research Council National
Academy Press, 262 pages, 2001.
(2) B. Windham, Cognitive and behavioral effects of
toxic metals, 2001. (over 150 peer-reviewed
references) www.flcv.com/tmlbn.html
(3) B. Windham,
Health effects of pesticide exposure, 2000. (over
100 medical study references)
(4) B. Windham, Autism,
Schizophrenia, ADD, Dyslexia, and Pervasive Developmental
Disorders; the mercury and vaccine connection, 2001. (over 100 peer reviewed
references) www.flcv.com/kidshg.html
(5) Developmental Efftects
of Prenatal and Neonatal Mercury Exposure, . www.flcv.com/fetaln.html
(6) B. Windham, The
Toxic Metal connection to ADD, Aggressiveness, Impulsivity, Violence,
Delinquency, Criminality, and Mass
murderers/Serial killers. 2002.
(7) Great Smokies Diagnostic
Lab, Depression, ADD & ADHD research
web pages - click on: (by
condition), research studies on causes
and treatments, http:// www.gsdl.com
& ADD case study, http://www.gsdl.com/news/kidsdigest/index5.html &
Vitamin
Research News(weekly journal), see issues on autism,
ADD, etc. www.vrp.com
(8) ATSDR/EPA
Priority List for 2001: Top 20 Hazardous Substances, Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry,U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, www.atsdr.cdc.gov/clist.html
(9) R.A.Goyer,”Toxic effects
of metals”in: Caserett
and Doull’s Toxicology- TheBasic
Science of Poisons,
McGraw-Hill Inc., N.Y., 1993; &(b) Goodman, Gillman, The Pharmacological
Basis of Therapeutics, Mac Millan Publishing Company,
N.Y. 1985; &(c) Encyclopedia of Occumpational
Health and Safety, International Labour Office,
Geneva, Vol 2, 3rd Edition.;&(d) Arena, Drew,
Poisoning. Fifth
Edition.
Toxicology-Symptoms-Treatment, Charles C. Thomas-Publisher, Springfield
Il, 1986; & Merritt’s Textbook of
Neurology, 9th Ed., Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995, p668-, & Clinical
Management of Poisoning, 3rd Ed.,(p753) Haddad, Shannon, and Winchester,
W.B. Saunders and Company, Philadelphia, 1998; & U.S. EPA, Office of Health
and Environmental Assessment, Mercury
Health Effects, Update Health Issue Assessment, Final Report, 1984,
EOA-600/8-84f.; &
Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 20th Ed.,
Bennett & Plum, W.B. Saunders and Company, Philadelphia, 1996, p 69; &
Comprehensive Psychiatry, 18(6), 1977, pp595-598, &Poisoning
& Toxicology Compendium, Leikin and Palouchek, Lexi-Comp., Cleveland, 1998; & Harrison’s Principles Of
Internal Medicine, 14th Ed., McGraw-Hill, N.y., 1998; &
Sunderman FW.
Perils of mercury. Ann Clin
Lab Sci 1988 Mar‑Apr;18(2):89‑101;
& Metabolic effects of mercury, DAMS, BWindham
(Ed), www.flcv.com/damspr18.html
(10) B. Windham, Common exposure levels to mercury
from amalgam fillings and mechanisms by
which mercury from amalgam is a major factor in over 30 chronic health
conditions. 2003. (over 4,000
peer-reviewed medical studies and government agency studies, and documentation by doctors of 60,000
clinical cases of recovery after amalgam replacement). www.flcv.com/amalg6.html www.flcv.com/autismc.html
(11) Psychiatric Disturbances and Toxic Metals,
Townsend Letter for Doctor's & Patients April 2002; & Alternative &
Complementary Therapies
(a magazine for doctors), Aug 2002; & A.
Holmes, Baton Rouge Autism/PDD Clinic,
www.healing‑arts.org/children/holmes.htm
(12) Developmental effects related to
prenatal/neonatal mercury exposure and mercury’s endocrine disruptive effects,
B. Windham(Ed.)
www.flcv.com/endohg.html
(13) W.J. Walsh, Pfeiffer Treatment Clinic and
Health Research Institute, www.hriptc.org
Technical Contact:
Bernard Windham, Chemical Engineer, 850-878-9024, berniew1@earthlink.net
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