>When you say &quot;The number of essential<BR>
> > elements entirely inside the middle band is 14 or less,&quot; are
you referring<BR>
> > to the wide green band that would cover the 16th to 84th
percentile, or the<BR>
> > skinny white band which is the 50th? I assume the wider green
band.

You assume correctly - the wide green band.

>And if<BR>
> > that is the case, my son's result is NOT abnormal.<BR>
> > <BR>
> > But looking up at the &quot;Toxic Elements&quot; he is high in 5
of the 16 elements<BR>
> > (aluminum, cadmium, silver, tin, titanium) and extremely high in 3
element<BR>
> > (antimony, arsenic, lead).

Antimony, arsenic and lead do not impair mineral transport and thus
someone toxic in one or more of them will not satisfy the "counting
rules" criteria if they have "healthily low" levels of mercury.

>The mercury is just above the 50th, probably<BR>
> > 60th. So, does it not really matter that these other toxic
elements are<BR>
> > high?

It matters very much. Not for the mercury, but because they
themselves are toxic, and since the hair test does suggest normal
healthy mineral transport into hair (as it doesn't meet the counting
rule criteria and most of the essential elements are normal) then
whatever the hair level of these other toxics is truly DOES reflect
how much of them is in the body.

>These other elements don't suggest that there is a lot of
mercury,<BR>
> > right? My original thought was that because his test came back
showing his<BR>
> > &quot;Total Toxic Representation&quot; bar going right off the
graph to the right that<BR>
> > there must be a lot of mercury in there too.

Not everybody has mercury. Lead, arsenic and antimony are quite toxic
enough in their own right.

>Could you comment on this?<BR>
> > Thank you.<BR>
> > Meg <BR>
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