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flyingrose

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Rose is a 53 year old woman from Waxahachie, Texas, USA

Welcome...I've been expecting you.Add to Technorati FavoritesYou may want to click those orange thingies at the very bottom of the page next to the word comments. One subscribes you to whatever I post and the other subsribes you to comments made, I presume by others. I put here what is most important and links to others who do good works.There is much more filed by subject. Use the drop-down box that usually defaults to Entire Blog to find all posts on any particular subject. Please share what you find here with your friends, family, and other networks. Namaste, Rose

  • Cancer

    Rated Sep 19 2007 • 1 review • cancer, alternative health, mercury, cancer treatment • tuberose.com



    Our "normal" exposure to fluoride, mercury and other heavy metals are behind our deteriorating health. Both humans and animals (and in particular Thoroughbred horses used for racing) exhibit the mental and physical affects including breathing issues (bleeding in the lungs in horses and emphysema and COPD in humans) and sudden unexplained bone fractures in both horse and human.

    From the page: "Mercury can cause similar deficiencies or metabolic changes in the way the body handles these same three vitamins. One of the drugs that affects vitamin B6 and folate is oral contraceptives. The pill can also deplete vitamins C, B2, E, and zinc. The nutritional status of a woman taking the pill and who is also chronically inhaling mercury from her mercury amalgam dental fillings will be extremely challenged. Mercury can alter sodium and calcium transport and also reduces the amount of oxygen transported. Mercury competes with calcium for cellular binding sites and, through this mechanism, can decrease cellular calcium or increase extracellular calcium. Mercury binds avidly to rubidium and selenium. Decreases in available selenium can also reduce available GSH-Px (glutathione peroxidase), which in turn causes a proliferation of free radical cell damage.

    Mercury, at extremely low levels, can inhibit the respiratory burst of killer-cell leukocytes, reducing their effectiveness in controlling cancer cell proliferation. At the same time, mercury and lead also reduce available intracellular oxygen, leading to an increase in production of lactic acid and a reduction in pH, both conditions conducive to proliferation of cancer cells. "

    More from the page: "Mercury blocks the enzyme in the cell membrane that actively passes calcium in and out of the muscle cells by attaching to the thiol part of the enzyme. Calcium is necessary for the proper function of heart muscle. High blood pressure is caused by mercury preventing the passage of calcium into the heart muscle cells, increasing the force of the heart muscle contraction. It takes time for chronic mercury exposure to cause enough damage to result in a clinically detectable dysfunction. This is a predominant characteristic of heart disease.

    Fluorine (fluoride) is the most reactive element known to chemists and its greatest affinity is for calcium. Anyone with a calcium deficiency can experience muscle spasms and convulsions from fluoride ingestion. Fluorine interferes with the normal process of calcification of teeth during the process of their formation, so that affected teeth, in addition to being unusually discolored and ugly in appearance, are structurally weak and deteriorate early in life. Fluoride stimulates abnormal bone development. High dose fluoride treatment increases bone mass but the newly formed bone is structurally unsound. Thus, instead of reducing hip fracture, high doses of fluoride increase hip fracture. People who drink a lot of alcohol tend to absorb vitamin-D and calcium from their diet poorly. The result for those who drink a lot of alcohol is bone loss, even in young people. There are changes in the microscopic structure of the intestine of people who drink a lot of alcohol that make it hard for vitamin-D to pass through the fine structures of the cells. The ultimate result is that the calcium is not absorbed, which causes an increase in the rate of cell division of the intestinal wall."
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    Cancer

  • Health: An Ecosystem Approach

    Rated Sep 19 2007 • 1 review • agriculture, environment, health, alternative health, mercury • idrc.ca



    From the page: "Box 9. Mercury in the Amazon - In the mid-1980s, Brazilian physician and cardiologist Fernando Branches alerted the scientific community that one of his patients, whom he believed was suffering from heart problems, had actually been poisoned by mercury. In short order, several international research teams became interested in the problem. In 1995, an IDRC-funded team consisting of researchers from the Federal University of Para in Belem, Brazil, the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and the University du Quebec Montréal (UQAM) made an astonishing discovery "the mercury contamination believed to be due to traditional mining operations was actually much more closely linked to certain farming practices..."

    More from the page: "...The Canadian researchers and their Brazilian counterparts expected to see the level of mercury in the water decrease the further they moved away from the mining area. Surprisingly, however, the concentration in the water remained the same up to 400 km from the mining site. This clearly indicated that something other than mines was the source of mercury contamination.

    From time immemorial, volcanoes have been spewing mercury, which eventually falls to the ground. More recently, industrial activity like waste incineration has also contributed. It is estimated that the very old soils in the Amazon basin have been accumulating mercury for 500 000 to one million years, but this mercury has remained locked up in the soil until recent times. Since the 1950s, new settlers, attracted by the availability of farm land, have cut down and burned more than 2. 5 million hectares of Amazon forest, mainly along the rivers. The rain falling directly onto the soil has been washing the mercury into the rivers, where bacteria convert it into toxic methyl mercury. The bacteria then pass the methyl mercury onto smaller fish, which are then eaten by bigger fish that eventually end up in people's frying pans. Terminal predators, humans thus absorb the highest concentrations of mercury..."

    More from the page: "It is now common knowledge that it is better to "eat fish that do not eat other fish." The results are very concrete:between 1995 and 2002, mercury concentrations in the villagers' hair have dropped by 40 percent (Figure 6).

    For several months, midwives kept an exact record of the food eaten by 30 village women. It was also discovered by analyzing segments of their hair -- each of which represents one month's growth -- that mercury levels were lower in women who ate more fruit. This led to identifying foods that are likely to lower mercury levels in the human body.

    The villagers have also started to change their farming practices. Working together, researchers and local farmers identified crops that could improve people's diet while reducing the likelihood of further mercury leaching. The researchers have also worked with local fisherfolk to locate the sections of the river that are least conducive to the transformation of mercury into its toxic derivative, methyl mercury.

    In collaboration with the people living alongside the Tapajos River, research is continuing to apply scientific findings to their lives and thereby improve their health and that of their environment..."
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    Health: An Ecosystem Approach

  • Age related macular degeneration and cutaneous signs of...

    Rated Sep 18 2007 • 1 review • alternative health, mercury, blindness, macular degeneration • freepatentsonline.com




    From the page: " Age related macular degeneration and cutaneous signs of mercury toxicity - Document Type and Number: United States Patent 20060172951
    Kind Code: A1 Link to this page:
    freepatentsonline.com/20060172951.html [freepatentsonline.com/20060172951.html]
    Abstract: A method is provided for treating age related macular degeneration and Grover's disease by administering a safe and effective amount of a chelation agent to a person who would benefit from such treatment. Of particular effectiveness are chelation agents with sulfur atoms and which through the sulfur bind to mercury. A particularly effective agent is 2,3-dimercaptosuccinic acid or salt thereof"
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    Age related macular degeneration and cutaneous signs of mercury toxicity - Patent Application 20060172951

  • http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070918/sc_afp/peruhealthoff...

    Rated Sep 18 2007 • 28 reviews • environment, meteorites, space exploration, bizarre, mercury • yahoo.com



    Volcano eruptions and meteorites crashing into the earth can both release mercury into the air resulting in illness and even death. Note that the police were given oxygen. One of the major effects of air pollution is difficulty breathing.

    From the page: "Residents complained of headaches and vomiting brought on by a "strange odor," local health department official Jorge Lopez told Peruvian radio RPP. Seven policemen who went to check on the reports also became ill and had to be given oxygen before being hospitalized, Lopez said."
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    http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070918/sc_afp/peruhealthoffbeat

  • Chapter 2 - Mercury: Forms, Fate &Effects | MassDEP

    Rated Sep 18 2007 • 1 review • environment, nature, meteors, space exploration, mercury • mass.gov



    Illnesses related to meteorite strikes can be due to a sudden increase in mercury in the air. Mercury exposure is the most likely causative factor behind declining mental and physical health including autism.

    From the page: "Natural Sources of Mercury - Mercury is one of the natural elements that make up our solar system. It is present in the sun, solar winds and solar flares and has been detected in meteorites and moon rocks (Mitra, 1986). On the earth, naturally occurring mercury deposits are generally found as Cinnabar (HgS) and this is the most important mercury ore. The mercury content of cinnabar exceeds is 86% This vermilion-red sulfide mineral ore occurs in quantity at relatively few locations (see text box below) (Mitra, 1986). Its associations with recent volcanic rocks and hot springs suggests a deep crustal or mantle source."
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    Chapter 2 - Mercury: Forms, Fate &Effects | MassDEP

  • Take Action: Stop Toxic Mercury Pollution

    Rated Sep 18 2007 • 1 review • environment, alternative health, mercury, air pollution • ga3.org




    Mercury in our environment is highly dangerous and growing worse. It is affecting the health of every living species on Earth. Please consider signing this petition to your Senators to request that they protect clean air and health by voting for the Leahy-Collins resolution.
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    Take Action: Stop Toxic Mercury Pollution

  • http://www.innvista.com/HEALTH/ailments/anemias/irondef.htm

    Rated Aug 12 2007 • 3 reviews • nutrition, mercury, anemia • innvista.com

    Do you chew on ice? Are you sensitive to cold? Are you a night owl or have insomnia? Are you easily or chronically fatigued? Is you skin an unusual color? Here are the two most likely causes:

    From the page: "Although the classic symptoms of iron deficiency have long been known, another symptom is also becoming classic: a poor tolerance to cold. One way the body accelerates heat production when the environmental temperature falls involves the neurotransmitter norepinephrine and the thyroid hormones, which speed up the metabolic rate. Iron deficiency impairs temperature regulation in both animals and humans, probably by interfering with the normal production of these compounds."

    More from the page: "Mercury poisoning can sometimes be mistaken for iron deficiency. According to Dr. Hal Huggins, a dentist who has done extensive research in the area of amalgam (mercury) fillings, chronically fatigued people are often thought to be iron deficient. However, when a CBC (complete blood count) is performed, iron levels are often found to be within normal limits. If mercury attaches to one or all of the four sulfur-binding sites on hemoglobin, the same symptoms will occur. If even one mercury atom grabs one sulfur position, the oxygen-carrying capacity of the hemoglobin drops by 25%."

    More on mercury: "If an acutely fatigued person whose bone marrow is still functioning well and producing red blood cells, and whose hemoglobin, hematocrit, alk phos, and LDH levels are all within normal range, but yet, he/she still has very low energy levels, mercury amalgams or mercury products used should be looked at as a possible source of the chronic fatigue. Mercury not only interferes with the red blood cell, but can also interfere with the production of a substance called coenzyme A, which is necessary for the formation of hemoglobin and cholesterol."

    Shocking statistics from the page: "Globally, iron defiency affects over two billion people. An estimated 39% of preschool children are anemic as are 52% of the pregnant women. In addition to the lack of quality foods, blood loss from parasites is the leading cause of iron-deficiency anemia in most areas of the world. In the adult population of the US, iron deficiency anemia accounts for 30% of the population. This number soon rises when children and adolescents are factored in, since about 10% of toddlers and 10% of adolescent girls are also iron deficient. Inadequate dietary intakes of iron are seen most often in premenopausal women, infants (particularly premature or low birth-weight), children, and adolescents (especially girls)."

    Did you know this? From the page: "It is now commonly advocated that cow's milk should not be given to children younger than two years of age." (because it can cause anemia, stunt growth, cause weight issues (over or under), etc.
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    http://www.innvista.com/HEALTH/ailments/anemias/irondef.htm

  • Aging Adults Have Choices When Confronting Perceived...

    Rated Aug 12 2007 • 3 reviews • aging, environment, memory, mercury • sciencedaily.com

    I believe that these symptoms are indicative of heavy metal exposure, particularly mercury, aluminum, fluoride, and others commonly found in our food and water supplies.

    I've had some of these symptoms since childhood and they've increased with age - particularly in my late forties. There is more information on these issues in my blog here.

    One of my favorite authors, Dr. David Tanton, is working on a new book specifically on age-related mental declines and Alzheimers. There is a summary of what it will cover at drtanton.com/store/1807631/page/1194583 [drtanton.com/store/1807631/page/1194583]



    From the page: "Older adults with better reading comprehension than their counterparts read differently, according to Elizabeth Stine-Morrow, a professor of educational psychology. By choosing to spend more time familiarizing themselves with new concepts, key details and the characters and settings in stories, older adults can compensate for declines in their working memories and language-processing speeds."
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    Aging Adults Have Choices When Confronting Perceived Mental Declines

  • mercury detoxification 2

    Rated Aug 04 2007 • 1 review • alternative health, mercury, biological dentistry • mgoldmandds.com

    This page contains multiple methods for eliminating mercury.

    From the page: "There is a lot of information about mercury and possible problems with it and a lot of controversy also. You need to be the judge of what you think is important to you. It does appear that some people are very much affected by mercury while others appear not to be affected. Organized dentistry in the US would have you believe that those that are significantly affected comprise only a minute fraction of the population. Others feel up to 90% or more of us are affected adversely. If you feel you could be adversely affected by the mercury in your fillings now, and by the mercury which would likely be temporarily increased during replacement of your fillings with non-mercury materials, these are things you can do to help take back some control in your own health and well-being. Done carefully and especially with guidance, it can do no harm and just might turn around symptoms that have been a problem for a long time...or prevent the appearance of new ones.

    Note: You should be well aware by now that organized dentistry in the USA as well as NIH and US Dept. of Health have taken the position that there is no danger from the mercury in dental fillings and therefore nothing needs to be done during filling removal. They also feel there is no danger in having new mercury-containing fillings put in your teeth. I have made the above information available for the growing number of patients that are concerned about the possible adverse effects from dental mercury.

    Note:
    To paraphrase an eloquent fellow IAOMT member:

    I'm just not comfortable somehow with a material (mercury-fillings) that I cannot legally throw in the trash, bury in the ground, send to a landfill for disposal, [or legally handle with my bare hands], but which, they say, I can safely put in your mouth...."
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    mercury detoxification 2

  • Mercury & The Environment - KXXV-TV News Channel 25 -...

    Rated Aug 02 2007 • 1 review • alternative health, mercury, autism • kxxv.com

    From the page: "Mercury & The Environment - Ever wonder where the old saying "mad as a hatter" came from? Or, what made the Mad Hatter in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (Lewis Carroll's 1865 classic) "mad"? Why did these hat makers or "hatters" have a reputation for strange, unpredictable behavior? The answer is, they were suffering from mercury poisoning."

    More from the page: "The proposed power plants will emit an estimated 6,000 of pounds of brain damaging mercury. For every 1,000 lbs of mercury in neighborhood there is a 17% increase in autism in nearby schools."
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    Mercury & The Environment - KXXV-TV News Channel 25 - Central Texas News and Weather for Waco, Temple, Killeen |