I received an email that contains a fascinating collection of facts that I thought you might like to see. It is rather long so I won't post it all and I will also break it up into three parts. It was compiled by Dr Nugent.
Dr. Steve Nugent practiced as a Naturopathic physician in Detroit Michigan for 22 years. His excellent clinic was nicknamed the Last Chance Clinic. His reputation drew patients from miles away, who often arrived after their own physicians had given up hope. While no clinic has a 100% cure rate, many of Dr. Nugent's patients entered on gurneys and exited on foot. Dr. Nugent was the past President of the American Naturopathic Medical Association (ANMA).
Here's Part 1.
THE NUGENT TOXIN REPORT Presented by Dr. Steve Nugent
GLOBAL TOXINS
Without exception, every North American now has in his or her tissues 300-500 known toxins that were not in existence before 1940. So, where has all the poison come from? Shortages of natural materials during WWII prompted the creation of synthetic chemicals. For example, scientists developed nylon when they ran out of silk for parachutes. Natural rubber ran in short supply, so they developed synthetic rubber. A shortage of butter produced oleomargarine. Plastics were developed during this time period.
Since those early years, the chemical revolution has continued. The scientist often becomes excited about what he can do with his chemicals, without considering the long-term affects the chemicals may have on one's quality of life or the environment. They ask, "Can I?", rather than "Should I?".
As a result...
-- Toxins are everywhere. The problem is not confined to North America, although the studies have been done in the USA and Canada. Because of the nature of wind, rain and weather, we know that the entire planet is surrounded with toxins. Almost every known toxin and farm pesticide on the planet can be found in places as remote as the North Pole. Scientists doing studies there drilled through the polar ice cap, sank a camera through the pole, and found nearly a foot of brownish greenish goop that, similar to many industrial chemicals, refused to freeze. Contained in the muck were DDT, dioxin, and PCB's as well as hundreds of other chemicals. Ours is a closed eco-system....which we cannot escape.
-- The studies identify up to 500 toxins. It should be known that the instruments were calibrated for up to a maximum of 500 toxins. These tests are quite expensive. If they had been calibrated for more, it is certain that they would have found more.
-- Farmers who handle pesticides without using masks, protective clothing or washing their hands become very sick with undiagnosable 'syndromes.' Visits to multiple physicians and/or clinics, including the Mayo Clinic can prove fruitless and frustrating. However, routine blood tests reveal a pattern of toxicity to those physicians alert to the clues. A diagnosis of toxicity can be definitively made by toxicology tests, after which monitored detoxification and nutritional support is indicated.
-- Recommendation: Purchase the ugly produce! If the insects liked it, it was clean.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONNECTION
The following maps, when overlaid, demonstrate an eerie and uncanny relationship between illness and death and our environment:
1. Highest rate of death per 100,000 people from any cause.
2. All cancers: Total mortality rate in deaths per 100,000. The entire Northwest quadrant of Nevada boasts the highest rates of thyroid cancer worldwide, due to residual radiation from atomic test detonations done in the 1940s. Radiation does not go away until the very long half-life has expired.
3. Industrial Air Emissions-Suspected Carcinogens (Tons per year). We are exposed to small but cumulative amounts, and these amounts are added to storage in our fat cells.
4. Industrial Air Emissions-Hazardous Chemicals (Tons per year). These are the chemicals that 'only' cause fatigue, asthma, allergies, etc. Most of these are completely transparent. We recognize the brown dome over LA when we approach LAX from the air. However, these chemicals are invisible and are present globally, even in pristine blue skies.
5. Cancer mortality (represented in red) and Suspected Carcinogens (blue). Their overlay was illustrated in purple, a close to total overlay.
6. Total mortality, Industrial Air Emissions and Suspected carcinogens overlaid. Again, lots of purple. The pressure against our health is growing.
7. Hazardous (nuclear) waste is mixed into crop fertilizers in the states of Washington, Oregon, California, Kansas, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Georgia and Wyoming. The idea is to diffuse it over many miles in such small quantities as to be completely harmless, say the proponents of this policy. However, radiation does not go away until its half-life has expired. Additionally, radiation exposure is cumulative. Little amounts will eventually have serious effects on health. Little amounts placed on the fields every year are adding up. - Leukemia is induced by radiation. - California is the largest producer of produce for the entire USA. - Oklahoma is experiencing a high rate and regularity of mutations in animals.
TOXINS IN YOUR HOME
Measurable levels of toxins are 5 times higher in our homes than they are outdoors.
The February 1998 issue of Scientific American stated that indoor toxins are 3-5 times more dangerous than those found outdoors.
If you can't pronounce it, you probably shouldn't be putting it into or next to your body.
Some sources of indoor toxins:
- Dry cleaning fluid (do you ventilate your closets?)- causes cancer in lab animals.
- Mothballs and moth crystals-contain paradichlorobenzene, which causes cancer in lab animals. Ever wonder why a moth won't go near mothballs? They are poisonous! Use cedar instead, which is natural and effective.
- Toilet bowl cleaners or deodorizers contain the same poison as mothballs. Do we really need blue toilet water?
- Dry ink toners: copy machines, faxes, laser printers. When heated, dry toners release formaldehyde and styrene gas into the air. Exposure can cause cancer and induce asthma, allergies and fatigue. Those who sag against the office water cooler at the end of the day feeling exhausted and drained may have had a hard day. Or, they could have experienced an overexposure to their office equipment!
- Glues for wallpaper and countertops.
- Toxins in your shower: chloroform gas forms by heating chlorinated water.
- Pesticides tracked into and trapped in carpets. Levels of pesticides outside are typically measured at around 10 nanograms/cubic meter. Indoors they are about 240 nanograms/cubic meters!! Pesticides are slightly sticky. If the pile on your carpet is high, it traps and stores more poison. Scientists found minimal trapping of poisons in those homes with very low pile, linoleum or wood floors.
Of 178 homes tested, all had 8 pesticides and 11 other poisons in the carpet. Lead and aluminum were also found. Most of this is tracked into the house on shoes/feet. Simply placing a carpet outside, or taking one's shoes off at the front door dropped the exposure factor by a level of 6.
Levels were high enough in all 178 homes to trigger a federal investigation, had they been federally funded sites.
Infants get up to 100 milligrams of personal toxic dust from carpets daily. This is five times higher than what they pick up from outdoors. At the same time, we are seeing an appalling rise in childhood diseases.
- DDT has been illegal in the USA and Canada for the last 25+ years. However, the law neglected to make it illegal to make DDT. The USA is its chief manufacturer and we sell it to nearly every country in the world. We then purchase fruits and vegetables from countries where it is perfectly legal to spray it, hmmmmm..... Another study found that 90 of 362 homes tested positive for DDT indoors.
Well that will do for Part 1. It should give you plenty to think about. I'll post part 2 tomorrow. Stay well.