The subject of chemicals is very long and complicated. I would like you to bear with me and read on to the end of this series of articles. It is important to become aware in order to protect your children and yourself. In Part 5, I wrote about the dangers of the misuse and abuse of antibiotics by humans as well as its indirect use through cattle and chicken in order to fatten them. But, the story about drugs did not end there. I will briefly tell you more about other harmful drugs in order to complete the topic.

Painkillers and anti-inflammatory and antipyretic drugs produce their own share of harmful effects. Long-term use can inflict damage on the liver, our vital organ that is our body’s major detoxifier. They are also corrosive to the lining of the stomach. At first, they cause stomach soreness and acid reflux, but extended use leads to internal bleeding that can require hospitalization and blood transfusion.

Steroids (cortisone) are another class of powerful drugs. Long-term use can be very harmful to children, their growth, and bones and makes them overweight by causing the excessive secretion of hormones like insulin and cortisol, leading to diabetes Type 2. Steroids are usually prescribed for asthma and allergies in advanced stages, but not more than three to five days. In the form of cream, cortisone relieves eczema, but does not cure it. One of its side effects is that it thins the skin after long-term application. Steroids in eye drops harm the cornea by thinning it, too.

Hormones also upset children’s hormonal balance, health, and their reproductive organs, disrupting thyroid function and causing cancers as well as infertility particularly in males. More and more young girls reach puberty as early as eight years of age. Fertility has become an issue in the recent years for both sexes. Hormonal imbalances have led to child obesity and other metabolic syndromes like diabetes Type 2, hypertension, arterial plaque, and others at a very tender age. Previously unknown in children, diabetes Type 2 has struck young obese children and adolescents, i.e. school children. At an early age, children have developed atherosclerosis and hypertension due to obesity. Chemicals like phthalates and others found in body care products and plastics act like estrogen in the body, disrupting the hormone balance (Read Part 3).

Now I will continue with today’s topic, toxic heavy metals, mercury in particular as it is included in vaccines as a preservative and many other products.

Heavy metals (mercury, lead, aluminum, cadmiums…) are health-threatening poisons and are known to be neurotoxic (brain damaging). Unfortunately, they are not easy to eliminate from the body and environment. They have become part of our bodies, brains, water bodies, soils, and environments, mainly because of their common use in vaccines, dental fillings, beauty-care products, agricultural chemicals, industrial waste, and more. Coldwater fish has also become contaminated with mercury.

Infants’ brains are the most susceptible to damage through mercury poisoning. The preservative found in vaccines is suspected to be the culprit. At that unripe age, the blood-brain-barrier in new-borns is not fully developed to protect the brain. At birth until the age of two, a cocktail of vaccines await them. Three to four vaccines are given to two-month-old babies at one doctor’s appointment. The cumulative effect of the injected mercury in the tiny bodies crosses the blood-brain-barrier and into the infant’s brain. Babies, who are born with defective enzymes that obstruct the process of detoxification from the heavy metal, become exposed to neurological damage like autism after being subjected to multiple vaccines (MMR in particular).

Most vaccines and some pharmaceuticals contain preservatives. Thimerosal is one; it is derived from the toxic metal, mercury, which is poisonous beyond a certain level in the human body. The most infamous vaccine is MMR (measles, mumps and rubella), which has been blamed by activists for possibly causing autism in children. The debate is still on between parents of autistic children and the pharmaceutical industry, which refutes the accusation and denies its toxic effect. Fearing a backlash, some drug manufacturers have stopped using the harmful preservative.

Because they are unable to eliminate mercury rapidly enough from their tiny bodies, little children are more likely to develop neurological disorders. According to Dr. Robert Nash, the damaging effects of mercury bring about many neurological and neurodevelopmental disorders like autism and eventually as adults it leads to multiple sclerosis (MS), Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases and others.

What caught my attention recently is an article written by Jonathan Benson of Natural News; it is titled: “Unvaccinated Children less prone to Disease.” It is about a “forgotten” study in New Zealand published in 1992, comparing the overall health of vaccinated and unvaccinated children. The total number of children in the study were 495, split into 269 vaccine-free and 226 vaccinated according to government requirement. Over 245 parents complied with the survey. Some of the families had children who were vaccinated and others not vaccinated.

Sue Claridge who led the study wrote in her report: “Respondents were asked to provide the year of birth, gender, vaccinations received, whether or not the child suffered from a range of chronic conditions (asthma, eczema, ear infections, recurring tonsillitis, hyperactivity, diabetes and epilepsy) whether or not he or she needed grommets, had had tonsillectomy, or were slow to develop motor skills (walking, crawling, sitting-up, etc.).” Breastfeeding, formula feeding, and weaning time were taken into consideration.

The results of the questionnaires were quite interesting. Ninety-two percent of those who had tonsillectomy were the ones who were vaccinated for measles or the MMR. They also had more tendency to having asthma, ear infections and even motor skills delays. The vaccinated children had eczema more than double the number of the unvaccinated group, along with ear infections. Hyperactivity rate was nearly four times the unvaccinated ones. Asthma topped them all; the vaccinated children had five folds more asthma than their unvaccinated counterparts.

What was astounding that none in the unvaccinated group showed any signs of epilepsy, whereas four in the vaccinated group had developed the disorder. As for tonsillectomy, not a single child in the unvaccinated group needed it, while 12 children of the other group required it. The study concluded that even though the study was limited, but it gives scientific “evidence that unvaccinated children are healthier than their vaccinated peers.”

This does not mean children should not be vaccinated at all, but there should a ban on the addition of mercury preservative or harmful chemical additives (preservatives, colorings…) in vaccines, drugs, and vitamins. Children’s bodies are small and undeveloped to detoxify large amounts of toxins. The other thing is that infants and babies should not be subjected to such huge load of vaccines at one sitting and at a very young age. The moment they are born until they are three, babies are bombarded every few weeks with a handful of vaccines at every visit to the doctor. Vaccines should be spaced out and mothers should be encouraged to breastfeed as breast milk is the most immune protective milk.

Next week, I shall continue about the effects of mercury on children’s health and also discuss other toxins.

References:

• Chemical in Everyday Products and Children’s Health by Philip J. Landrigan, MD

• Planet in Peril by Anderson, Animal Planet’s Jeff Corwin, and Sanjay Gupta for CNN

• Interview with vaccine researcher (refused to be named) by Jon Rappoport (www.nomorefakenews.com)

• Autism Statistics – mindspec.org

• Why the manufactured food supply is designed to keep you addicted, not nourished by Mike Adams

http://m.naturalnews.com/news/045514_food_addictions_chemical_ingredient...

• Four most dangerous toxins to the brain by Derek Henry

http://www.naturalnews.com/045510_brain_toxins_fluoride_heavy_metals.htm...

• Chicken feed contains cancer-causing arsenic: www.naturalcuresnotmedicine.com

• Meat Companies Go Antibiotics-Free as More Consumers Demand It, by David Kesmodel

N.B.:

Individuals with medical conditions or on medication should consult their physicians when they decide to introduce anything new in their diet even if it is natural.

The previous Health Solutions articles are located at www.arabnews.com

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