This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------------60E17972C260 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <HTML><BODY> Sylly wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>This message was originally addressed to [log in to unmask] <BR>and was forwarded to you by SYLLY <BR> ----------------------------------- <BR>Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 13:07:24 -0500 <BR>From: GLLJLL <[log in to unmask]> <BR>Subject: Toxin's effects <BR> <BR>------------------------ <BR> <BR><I>>I would appreciate anyone's comments regarding any correlation between</I> <BR><I>>persons having PD and also having an extremely sensitive reaction of</I> <BR>their <BR><I>>nervous system when exposed to certain chemicals, pesticides, and</I> <BR>herbicides. <BR> <BR><I>>Last weekend I was in our Barnes & Noble bookstore browsing through</I> <BR>their <BR><I>>Bargain Books (all hardcover books, if that matters). Within minutes I</I> <BR><I>>was aware of a very strong "chemical" smell in the air and apparently</I> <BR><I>>emanating from the thousands of books. My lungs and throat felt very</I> <BR><I>>strange and I thought I might pass out so I left the building and went</I> <BR><I>>home. For the next several hours I felt weak and had difficulty</I> <BR>breathing and <BR><I>>I trembled all over. The chemical smell of the bookstore stayed</I> <BR><I>>with me for two days. My husband, who was with me, had no reaction;</I> <BR><I>>indeed, he was not even aware of the chemical.</I> <BR> <BR><I>>I have had several similar reactions in the past when I was in a</I> <BR>closed-up <BR><I>>house and a Mosquito Control truck went by, spraying insecticide at our</I> <BR><I>>lawns and which immediately seeped into the house. No one else in the</I> <BR><I>>house could detect it but to me it was over-powering. I reacted the</I> <BR>same <BR><I>>as described above. The same thing occurred when a "duster" airplane</I> <BR><I>>kept swooping over our apartment complex which was next to farmland,</I> <BR><I>>spraying the crops with, I later found out, a herbicide.</I> <BR> <BR><I>>I have always had the theory that my young-age-onset PD (33) was caused</I> <BR>by <BR><I>>my concentrated exposure to DDT as a baby living in a bug-infested</I> <BR><I>>southern state. (Our small house we rented had been dowsed with the</I> <BR><I>>insecticide by the owner - this was in 1944.)</I> <BR> <BR><I>>What I am wondering is could my extreme sensitivity to the chemicals,</I> <BR><I>>herbicides, and pesticides as described above be an indication that my</I> <BR><I>>body cannot absorb the toxicity of these chemicals the way most other</I> <BR><I>>people can? If this is so, wouldn't it help substantiate my theory of</I> <BR>the <BR><I>>cause of my YAOPD, and shouldn't the medical researchers be</I> <BR>concentrating <BR><I>>on TOXINS as being the cause of this horrific affliction?</I> <BR><I>>___________________________</I> <BR><I>>Janice Long (54/20 yrs.)</I> <BR>======================================================================== <BR>== <BR>Dear Janice: <BR> <BR>The symptoms you describe match those that almost everybody who is <BR>chemically <BR>sensitive has experienced. The field of environmental medicine would be <BR>of <BR>great help to you. I suffer from Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (also <BR>known as <BR>Environmental Illness) and can give you information on how to get help <BR>and what <BR>you have to do to relieve the symptoms if you are interested. Write to <BR>me at <BR>[log in to unmask] <BR> <BR>There is mounting evidence about the correlation between PD and <BR>pesticides. I <BR>am enclosing some research reported by another list subscriber that we <BR>found <BR>interesting. My doctor was critical of the lab mentioned here and if <BR>you are <BR>going to pursue any of these suggestions I would further look into the <BR>reliability of the mentioned laboratory. He is also into alternative <BR>medicine <BR>and highly recommends the UltraClear products unless you also suffer a <BR>lot of <BR>food allergies. I must further warn you that the medical profession as <BR>a whole <BR>resists this diagnosis and will be of limited to no help at all. <BR> <BR>Please write me; I think I can help. <BR> <BR>Anita Hersh, Caregiver for Gerson (75/9) <BR>======================================================================= <BR>(Taken from the PARKINSN List) <BR> <BR>Parkinson's disease has, until now, been described as being exclusively <BR>a <BR>"brain disorder." Indeed, in 1960, researchers first demonstrated that a <BR>specific part of the brain called the basal ganglia functioned <BR>abnormally in <BR>Parkinson's disease. Various medicines were created to supply the brain <BR>chemicals missing in Parkinson's patients, and these medications remain <BR>the <BR>mainstay of treatment. <BR> <BR>Unfortunately, this approach is entirely symptomatic. This is to say <BR>that these <BR>medicines, although quite helpful in reducing the symptoms of <BR>Parkinson's <BR>disease, do nothing for the underlying disease process itself which <BR>typically <BR>worsens with time. New and exciting research has recently demonstrated <BR>that a <BR>majority of patients with Parkinson's disease have a defect in one or <BR>more <BR>liver enzymes which, when functioning normally, act to detoxify various <BR>environmental poisons to which we are exposed. Various epidemiological <BR>studies <BR>have demonstrated a significant increased incidence of Parkinson's <BR>disease in <BR>populations having a higher exposure to environmental toxins. In a <BR>fascinating <BR>report appearing in the Archives of Environmental Health (1990), <BR>Goldsmith <BR>found an extremely high incidence of Parkinson's disease on three <BR>adjacent <BR>kibbutzim in the Negev region of Israel whose water was supplied from <BR>wells <BR>draining a common aquifer. The incidence of Parkinson's disease was <BR>reported to <BR>be 500% greater in each of the three kibbutzim than in the remainder of <BR>the <BR>region. <BR> <BR>A history of occupational herbicide use has been described as <BR>significantly <BR>increasing risk of Parkinson's disease by about three fold with data <BR>also <BR>suggesting a dose response relationship between the duration of <BR>cumulative life <BR>time exposure to agricultural work and risk of Parkinson's disease. At a <BR>recent <BR>international symposium on Parkinson's disease, research was presented <BR>demonstrating a very high correlation between Parkinson's disease and <BR>the use <BR>of pesticides. In comparing one farming area southwest of Montreal where <BR>pesticides were used in large amounts to areas in the same region with <BR>low <BR>pesticide use, the incidence of Parkinson's disease was seven times <BR>greater in <BR>the former. <BR> <BR>Why wouldn't everyone with these types of toxic exposure develop <BR>Parkinson's <BR>disease? The answer may lie in the defective liver detoxifying enzymes <BR>described earlier. Thus, most people by virtue of having an adequate <BR>liver <BR>detoxification system, may not suffer significant ill effects when <BR>exposed to <BR>various environmental toxic insults. Parkinson's patients on the other <BR>hand, <BR>because of their defective liver enzyme systems, may actually potentiate <BR>relatively low-level neurotoxic chemicals allowing the brain to be <BR>damaged and <BR>producing Parkinson's disease. <BR> <BR>Recently, therapeutic techniques have been developed utilizing <BR>nutritional <BR>approaches in an attempt to enhance the function of the liver <BR>detoxification <BR>enzymes. In 1992, Dr. Jeffrey Bland described a nutritional intervention <BR>program designed to improve the function of these detoxification <BR>enzymes. His <BR>research demonstrated a significant increase in the liver's ability to <BR>detoxify <BR>various toxic substances after three weeks on a specific dietary program <BR>augmented in certain nutrients known to be helpful for liver function. <BR> <BR>It is now possible to identify those patients who would benefit from <BR>such a <BR>program. New laboratory studies are now available to specifically <BR>address the <BR>functional activity of the liver. One study, the Detoxification Profile <BR>(Great <BR>Smokies Diagnostic Laboratory - Asheville, NC) specifically evaluates <BR>the <BR>detoxification function of the liver. <BR> <BR>This study is in no way similar to the so called "liver function tests" <BR>that <BR>are a part of the typical blood studies done by most physicians. At <BR>our <BR>Center, those patients found to have defective liver detoxification <BR>function <BR>are treated utilizing a program based upon the work of Dr. Bland. We <BR>utilize a <BR>supplement, UltraClear Plus which is a nutritional supplement based upon <BR>Dr. <BR>Bland's original formula. In addition, we use the herb Milk Thistle in <BR>this <BR>program since it has been shown to enhance liver detoxification function <BR>as <BR>well. <BR> <BR>Utilizing this program, we have noted significant improvement in our <BR>younger <BR>Parkinson's disease patients. This approach has allowed us to reduce <BR>medication, and in one case completely eliminate all Parkinson's disease <BR>drugs. <BR>Unfortunately, older Parkinson's disease patients do not seem to respond <BR>as <BR>well when using this approach. <BR> <BR>Another interesting new finding in Parkinson's disease research is the <BR>increased level of iron in those unique areas of the brain typically <BR>damaged in <BR>this disease. As yet it is not known exactly why certain parts of the <BR>brain <BR>accumulate iron, but it is known that once there, the excessive iron <BR>tends to <BR>enhance oxidation which leads to brain destruction. In an attempt to <BR>reduce <BR>this damaging oxidation caused by iron accumulation, Dr. Stanley Fahn <BR>treated a <BR>group of Parkinson's disease patients with relatively high doses of <BR>antioxidants including 3,200 units of vitamin E and 3,000 mg of vitamin <BR>C <BR>daily. He found that the length of time until pharmaceutical medication <BR>became <BR>necessary was extended by 2.5 years in those patients taking the <BR>antioxidants. <BR> <BR>Over the past several decades, EDTA chelation therapy has proven itself <BR>as a <BR>useful treatment in various forms of vascular disease. It is known that <BR>the <BR>active chemical in this treatment, EDTA, readily binds excess body iron, <BR>and <BR>allows it to be excreted. EDTA chelation therapy therefore may play an <BR>important role in the treatment of Parkinson's disease since iron <BR>accumulation <BR>in the brain is so destructive in these patients. For more information <BR>on <BR>UltraClear Plus, contact HealthComm International Inc at (800) 648-5883. <BR>To <BR>learn more about the liver detoxification profile test contact Great <BR>Smokies <BR>Diagnostic Laboratory at (800) 522-4762. To locate a qualified <BR>chelation <BR>practitioner near you, contact The American College of Advancement in <BR>Medicine <BR>(ACAM) at (800) 532-3688. <BR> <BR>- <BR>-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- <BR> SYLLY <BR>-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- </BLOCKQUOTE> Sylly wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>This message was originally addressed to [log in to unmask] <BR>and was forwarded to you by SYLLY <BR> ----------------------------------- <BR>Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 13:07:24 -0500 <BR>From: GLLJLL <[log in to unmask]> <BR>Subject: Toxin's effects <BR> <BR>------------------------ <BR> <BR><I>>I would appreciate anyone's comments regarding any correlation between</I> <BR><I>>persons having PD and also having an extremely sensitive reaction of</I> <BR>their <BR><I>>nervous system when exposed to certain chemicals, pesticides, and</I> <BR>herbicides. <BR> <BR><I>>Last weekend I was in our Barnes & Noble bookstore browsing through</I> <BR>their <BR><I>>Bargain Books (all hardcover books, if that matters). Within minutes I</I> <BR><I>>was aware of a very strong "chemical" smell in the air and apparently</I> <BR><I>>emanating from the thousands of books. My lungs and throat felt very</I> <BR><I>>strange and I thought I might pass out so I left the building and went</I> <BR><I>>home. For the next several hours I felt weak and had difficulty</I> <BR>breathing and <BR><I>>I trembled all over. The chemical smell of the bookstore stayed</I> <BR><I>>with me for two days. My husband, who was with me, had no reaction;</I> <BR><I>>indeed, he was not even aware of the chemical.</I> <BR> <BR><I>>I have had several similar reactions in the past when I was in a</I> <BR>closed-up <BR><I>>house and a Mosquito Control truck went by, spraying insecticide at our</I> <BR><I>>lawns and which immediately seeped into the house. No one else in the</I> <BR><I>>house could detect it but to me it was over-powering. I reacted the</I> <BR>same <BR><I>>as described above. The same thing occurred when a "duster" airplane</I> <BR><I>>kept swooping over our apartment complex which was next to farmland,</I> <BR><I>>spraying the crops with, I later found out, a herbicide.</I> <BR> <BR><I>>I have always had the theory that my young-age-onset PD (33) was caused</I> <BR>by <BR><I>>my concentrated exposure to DDT as a baby living in a bug-infested</I> <BR><I>>southern state. (Our small house we rented had been dowsed with the</I> <BR><I>>insecticide by the owner - this was in 1944.)</I> <BR> <BR><I>>What I am wondering is could my extreme sensitivity to the chemicals,</I> <BR><I>>herbicides, and pesticides as described above be an indication that my</I> <BR><I>>body cannot absorb the toxicity of these chemicals the way most other</I> <BR><I>>people can? If this is so, wouldn't it help substantiate my theory of</I> <BR>the <BR><I>>cause of my YAOPD, and shouldn't the medical researchers be</I> <BR>concentrating <BR><I>>on TOXINS as being the cause of this horrific affliction?</I> <BR><I>>___________________________</I> <BR><I>>Janice Long (54/20 yrs.)</I> <BR>======================================================================== <BR>== <BR>Dear Janice: <BR> <BR>The symptoms you describe match those that almost everybody who is <BR>chemically <BR>sensitive has experienced. The field of environmental medicine would be <BR>of <BR>great help to you. I suffer from Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (also <BR>known as <BR>Environmental Illness) and can give you information on how to get help <BR>and what <BR>you have to do to relieve the symptoms if you are interested. Write to <BR>me at <BR>[log in to unmask] <BR> <BR>There is mounting evidence about the correlation between PD and <BR>pesticides. I <BR>am enclosing some research reported by another list subscriber that we <BR>found <BR>interesting. My doctor was critical of the lab mentioned here and if <BR>you are <BR>going to pursue any of these suggestions I would further look into the <BR>reliability of the mentioned laboratory. He is also into alternative <BR>medicine <BR>and highly recommends the UltraClear products unless you also suffer a <BR>lot of <BR>food allergies. I must further warn you that the medical profession as <BR>a whole <BR>resists this diagnosis and will be of limited to no help at all. <BR> <BR>Please write me; I think I can help. <BR> <BR>Anita Hersh, Caregiver for Gerson (75/9) <BR>======================================================================= <BR>(Taken from the PARKINSN List) <BR> <BR>Parkinson's disease has, until now, been described as being exclusively <BR>a <BR>"brain disorder." Indeed, in 1960, researchers first demonstrated that a <BR>specific part of the brain called the basal ganglia functioned <BR>abnormally in <BR>Parkinson's disease. Various medicines were created to supply the brain <BR>chemicals missing in Parkinson's patients, and these medications remain <BR>the <BR>mainstay of treatment. <BR> <BR>Unfortunately, this approach is entirely symptomatic. This is to say <BR>that these <BR>medicines, although quite helpful in reducing the symptoms of <BR>Parkinson's <BR>disease, do nothing for the underlying disease process itself which <BR>typically <BR>worsens with time. New and exciting research has recently demonstrated <BR>that a <BR>majority of patients with Parkinson's disease have a defect in one or <BR>more <BR>liver enzymes which, when functioning normally, act to detoxify various <BR>environmental poisons to which we are exposed. Various epidemiological <BR>studies <BR>have demonstrated a significant increased incidence of Parkinson's <BR>disease in <BR>populations having a higher exposure to environmental toxins. In a <BR>fascinating <BR>report appearing in the Archives of Environmental Health (1990), <BR>Goldsmith <BR>found an extremely high incidence of Parkinson's disease on three <BR>adjacent <BR>kibbutzim in the Negev region of Israel whose water was supplied from <BR>wells <BR>draining a common aquifer. The incidence of Parkinson's disease was <BR>reported to <BR>be 500% greater in each of the three kibbutzim than in the remainder of <BR>the <BR>region. <BR> <BR>A history of occupational herbicide use has been described as <BR>significantly <BR>increasing risk of Parkinson's disease by about three fold with data <BR>also <BR>suggesting a dose response relationship between the duration of <BR>cumulative life <BR>time exposure to agricultural work and risk of Parkinson's disease. At a <BR>recent <BR>international symposium on Parkinson's disease, research was presented <BR>demonstrating a very high correlation between Parkinson's disease and <BR>the use <BR>of pesticides. In comparing one farming area southwest of Montreal where <BR>pesticides were used in large amounts to areas in the same region with <BR>low <BR>pesticide use, the incidence of Parkinson's disease was seven times <BR>greater in <BR>the former. <BR> <BR>Why wouldn't everyone with these types of toxic exposure develop <BR>Parkinson's <BR>disease? The answer may lie in the defective liver detoxifying enzymes <BR>described earlier. Thus, most people by virtue of having an adequate <BR>liver <BR>detoxification system, may not suffer significant ill effects when <BR>exposed to <BR>various environmental toxic insults. Parkinson's patients on the other <BR>hand, <BR>because of their defective liver enzyme systems, may actually potentiate <BR>relatively low-level neurotoxic chemicals allowing the brain to be <BR>damaged and <BR>producing Parkinson's disease. <BR> <BR>Recently, therapeutic techniques have been developed utilizing <BR>nutritional <BR>approaches in an attempt to enhance the function of the liver <BR>detoxification <BR>enzymes. In 1992, Dr. Jeffrey Bland described a nutritional intervention <BR>program designed to improve the function of these detoxification <BR>enzymes. His <BR>research demonstrated a significant increase in the liver's ability to <BR>detoxify <BR>various toxic substances after three weeks on a specific dietary program <BR>augmented in certain nutrients known to be helpful for liver function. <BR> <BR>It is now possible to identify those patients who would benefit from <BR>such a <BR>program. New laboratory studies are now available to specifically <BR>address the <BR>functional activity of the liver. One study, the Detoxification Profile <BR>(Great <BR>Smokies Diagnostic Laboratory - Asheville, NC) specifically evaluates <BR>the <BR>detoxification function of the liver. <BR> <BR>This study is in no way similar to the so called "liver function tests" <BR>that <BR>are a part of the typical blood studies done by most physicians. At <BR>our <BR>Center, those patients found to have defective liver detoxification <BR>function <BR>are treated utilizing a program based upon the work of Dr. Bland. We <BR>utilize a <BR>supplement, UltraClear Plus which is a nutritional supplement based upon <BR>Dr. <BR>Bland's original formula. In addition, we use the herb Milk Thistle in <BR>this <BR>program since it has been shown to enhance liver detoxification function <BR>as <BR>well. <BR> <BR>Utilizing this program, we have noted significant improvement in our <BR>younger <BR>Parkinson's disease patients. This approach has allowed us to reduce <BR>medication, and in one case completely eliminate all Parkinson's disease <BR>drugs. <BR>Unfortunately, older Parkinson's disease patients do not seem to respond <BR>as <BR>well when using this approach. <BR> <BR>Another interesting new finding in Parkinson's disease research is the <BR>increased level of iron in those unique areas of the brain typically <BR>damaged in <BR>this disease. As yet it is not known exactly why certain parts of the <BR>brain <BR>accumulate iron, but it is known that once there, the excessive iron <BR>tends to <BR>enhance oxidation which leads to brain destruction. In an attempt to <BR>reduce <BR>this damaging oxidation caused by iron accumulation, Dr. Stanley Fahn <BR>treated a <BR>group of Parkinson's disease patients with relatively high doses of <BR>antioxidants including 3,200 units of vitamin E and 3,000 mg of vitamin <BR>C <BR>daily. He found that the length of time until pharmaceutical medication <BR>became <BR>necessary was extended by 2.5 years in those patients taking the <BR>antioxidants. <BR> <BR>Over the past several decades, EDTA chelation therapy has proven itself <BR>as a <BR>useful treatment in various forms of vascular disease. It is known that <BR>the <BR>active chemical in this treatment, EDTA, readily binds excess body iron, <BR>and <BR>allows it to be excreted. EDTA chelation therapy therefore may play an <BR>important role in the treatment of Parkinson's disease since iron <BR>accumulation <BR>in the brain is so destructive in these patients. For more information <BR>on <BR>UltraClear Plus, contact HealthComm International Inc at (800) 648-5883. <BR>To <BR>learn more about the liver detoxification profile test contact Great <BR>Smokies <BR>Diagnostic Laboratory at (800) 522-4762. To locate a qualified <BR>chelation <BR>practitioner near you, contact The American College of Advancement in <BR>Medicine <BR>(ACAM) at (800) 532-3688. <BR> <BR>- <BR>-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- <BR> SYLLY <BR>-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- </BLOCKQUOTE> Are the snake oil peddlers back again? <BR> </BODY> </HTML> ------------60E17972C260 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Bob Chapman Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="nsmailB2.TMP" Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="nsmailB2.TMP" BEGIN:VCARD FN:Bob Chapman N:Chapman;Bob EMAIL;INTERNET:[log in to unmask] NOTE:Sun Lakes, AZ X-MOZILLA-HTML:T END:VCARD ------------60E17972C260--