Archive: Posts Tagged ‘Lead’

Lead poisoning and the gout connection

No comments December 8th, 2009

Recently, gout has inundated the business and health news. The big stories are about US Federal Drug Administration’s approvals of new uric acid lowering drugs for gout and hyperuricemia. Scientists at John Hopkins University also made the news claiming to have found the “gout gene.” Population studies indicate that there is an alarming worldwide increase of gout, and the pharmaceutical companies see a potential billion-dollar a year market in developing new uric acid lowering Read more

Toxic Levels of Lead Found in Cheap Dental Crowns

No comments December 7th, 2009

The next time you visit your dentist for a nice set of dentures, be sure to ask where it came from. They may contain dangerous amounts of lead that could endanger your health. This warning comes from Richard Daniels, chief executive of the US National Association of Dental Laboratories (NADL), who said that some cheap dentures made in China may pose a threat to consumers because of their high levels of lead. The same is true with dental crowns, bridges and veneers that are outsourced to Read more

Chelation Therapy Has Been Approved by the Fda as a Treatment for Lead Poisoning

No comments December 7th, 2009

chelation therapy is a natural way to detoxify the body of toxic chemical and harmful metals (heavy metal poisoning). Chelation therapy involves the injection of ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA). It is a mean by which an organic substance (Edta) binds to minerals and ionized metals (electrically charged) such as iron, calcium, lead, copper, etc. The first use of Chelation is in Germany in 1930. A decade later, EDTA (ethylene diamine tetraacetic) was used by some American workers Read more