The damage seems to be more likely from ethylmercury which
is in vaccines than from mercury in amalgam and environment.....
From Boyd Haley, posted with permsission (in response to Me & Teresa Binstock,
in response to Karin Nelson and Guardian Story
Sheri: Dr. Nelson states " not least because the symptoms of mercury
poisoning are quite different from those of autism." This is an excellent
comment by Dr. Nelson. In our studies at the molecular level we found the
toxicity by thimerosal was more potent than Hg2+ so we agree that the
patterns observed in autistic children should not match those of standard
mercury poisoning. For example, in brain tissues low levels of Hg2+ was very
specific for inhibiting the viability of tubulin only, similar to what was
observed in Alzheimer's diseased brain. However, thimerosal not only
inhibited the viability of tubulin but also of actin, something we did not
observed with Hg2+. In addition, testing other metabolic enzymes we found
that thimerosal was much more effective at inhibiting the viability of many
of these enzymes than was Hg2+. Therefore, autisim is not likely caused by
standard mercury poisoning----it is more likely caused by ethylmercury
poisoning.
"Mercury is a neurotoxin, so it does raise questions, but water is a
neurotoxin too at high enough doses. If you're going to talk poison, you have
to talk dose," says Karin Nelson". Lets do talk dose then. Long ago I
calculated the level of thimerosal that would exist in children of different
body weights receiving three different levels of thimerosal and using three
different levels of body liquid availability that could dilute the
thimerosal. This covered the entire possible range of toxicant levels.
Essentially all of the data, up to 33 pound babies getting one shot, placed
the calculated values in the range were lethal, or at least very negative,
effects on neurons were observed in our studies. Then along comes Dr.
Richard Deth and he finds inhibition of a critical enzyme (methionine
synthase) at levels near 1 nanomolar, at least 10-fold lower than where our
observed effects on neuron life occurred. Therefore, by solid calculations
the level of thimerosal in vaccinated infants reaches and even surpasses the
toxic level. Further, Dr. Nelson totally ignores two important
factors: genetic susceptibility and synergistic toxicity, just as Dr.
Clarkson did in his review recently published in the New England J. of
Medicine. This represents arcane and outdated thinking. It is well known in
the literature that two very common items, milk and antibiotics, have
dramatic effects on mercury toxicity levels and excretion. All of the above
is my opinion as is the following. Our agencies responsible for protecting
our children and other citizens from exposure to toxic levels of mercury have
totally dropped the ball and now they are making absolutely stupid arguments
why the exposures to mercury in vaccines could not cause any developmental
problems. Both Dr. Nelson and Dr. Clarkson should be ashamed of the comments
they have published that, in my opinion, were
constructed to hide the toxic effects of thimerosal exposure. Boyd Haley
** I asked about the antibiotics and milk statement made above and his
response.......
Sheri: I copied this from a slide. The reference is at the end. Boyd
• In a study where rats were given high doses of oral antibiotics the
half-life for excretion of mercury increased from 10 days to >100 days.
If the rats were also on a milk diet the excretion half-life increased to
over 300 days. (Rowland, Archives of Environmental Health 1984: 39(6);
401-408)
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 11:46:33 -0000
From: "Robert Cohen" <notmilk@earthlink.net>
Subject: Milk Sugar (Lactose) & Ovarian Cancer
You're reading it here first. Although the study is two months away from
actual publication, the authors (doctors and scientists) have missed a
critically important factor which is revealed at the conclusion of this
column. A soon-to-be published paper (June 10, 2004 issue of the
International Journal of Cancer, 110(2):271-7) will present a Harvard Medical
School study (Fairfield KM, et. al.) linking the consumption of milk sugar
with increased risk of ovarian cancer.
Women are targeted by the dairy industry with an enormous lie: Drink milk or
face osteoporosis. The Harvard Nurses study included 80,326 participants. In
1997, that same ongoing nurse study revealed in the American Journal of
Public Health (Volume 87) that milk drinkers actually experienced higher
rates of bone breaks. That journal article reported:
"...Data indicate that frequent milk consumption and higher dietary calcium
intakes in middle aged women do not provide protection against hip or forearm
fractures...women consuming greater amounts of calcium from dairy foods had
significantly increased risks of hip fractures, while no increase in fracture
risk was observed for the same levels of calcium from nondairy sources."
The June, 2004 International Journal of Cancer study will reveal a 40%
greater risk for women in the highest category of lactose consumption.
Scientists will be reporting this shocking news:
"For each 11-gram increase in lactose consumption (the approximate amount in
one glass of milk), we observed a 20% increase in risk of serous cancers.
Skim and low-fat milk were the largest contributors to dietary lactose. Women
who consumed one or more servings of skim or low-fat milk daily had a 32%
higher risk of any ovarian cancer and a 69% higher risk of serous ovarian
cancer compared to women consuming 3 or less servings monthly."
Lactose, a milk sugar, is made up of two other sugars, glucose and galactose.
Galactose has been identified as a causative factor in heart disease and
cataracts. See:
http://notmilk.com/deb/090599.html
Researchers in 2004 did not explore why lactose would cause additional
cancers, relying solely upon epidemiological data. Twenty-three years ago,
the New England Journal of Medicine (1981, 304:994-998) reported:
"The damage can be prevented if galactose restriction is instituted very
early in life...another example of organ damage which has been well
documented is ovarian damage... with galactosemia."
Most adults "lack" the enzyme, lactase, to break down lactose. Instead,
lactose is broken down by bacteria in the lower gut. Be aware that galactose
can be found as a common food additive, carrageenan. The molecular structure
of carrageenan is identical to this highly caustic disease-causing milk
sugar. If you are a vegan and avoid eating milk and dairy products, do your
body a favor and carefully read the ingredients label of all processed foods.
Just say "no" to carrageenan.
Robert Cohen
http://www.notmilk.com
Subject: Eating Pesticides
Eating Pesticides
USDA and FDA allow farmers to spray 50 times more pesticides on crops
intended for animal feed than is permitted on crops intended for human
consumption. Cows eat thousands of doses of pesticides which become
concentrated in their milk. Twelve pounds of milk are required to make
one pound of ice cream. Concentrated pesticides for human treats on hot
summer days.
"A 1988 FDA survey of milk samples from grocery stores in 10 cities found
that 73% of the samples
contained pesticide residues." Environmental Contamination and Toxicology,
1991; 47
"Indeed, the largest contributors to daily intake of chlorinated insecticides
are dairy products, meat, fish, and poultry."
Living Downstream, by Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D.
"The primary source of dioxins (PCDDs), dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and coplanar
PCBs for the general population is food, especially meat, fish, and dairy
products."
Chemosphere, 1998 Oct, 37:9
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