--- In Autism-Mercury@y..., "Denise Lavery" <deniselavery@h...> wrote:
> I would appreciate any feedback with regard to these hair test
results.
> Schuyler just turned three and is autistic. I don't believe these
results
> meet any of the counting rules ( I could be wrong )

I don't think they do either.

>but I feel we should
> begin chelation based on his heavy metal toxicity.

The counting rules only check for mercury. The others (like arsenic
and antimony) just show up as elevated if the kid is toxic.

>Anyone else's kids show
> such a high amount of arsenic? I read in Andy's book that DMSA also
chelates
> arsenic and lead. Would I follow the same protocol as for mercury
toxicity?

Yes, this would work.

> I appreciate any advice.
>
> TOXINS RESULT RANGE PERCENTILE
>
> Alum 20 <8 90th/Yellow
> Antim .22 <0.66 96th/peach
> Arsenic .43 <0.08 98th/peach
> Berylm .01 <.02
> Bismuth .12 <.013 65th/green
> Cadmium .97 <.15 50th/green
> Lead 2.00 <1 75th/yellow
> Mercury .06 <.04 40th/green
> Platinum .003 <.005
> Thallium .001 <.01
> Thorium .001 <.005
> Uranium .013 <.06 45th/green
> Nickel .19 <.04 50th/green
> Silver .16 <.2 63rd/green
> Tin .28 <.3 65th/green
> Titanium 1.6 <1 87th/yellow
>
> Total Toxic Representation 98th/peach
>
> ELEMENTS RESULT RANGE PERCENTILE
>
> Calcium 176 125-370 green/left
> Magnesium 13 12-30 green/left
> Sodium 160 12-90 yellow/right
> Potassium 110 12-40 yellow/right
> Copper 8.6 8-16 green/left
> Zinc 39 100-190 peach/left
> manganese .4 .2-.55 green/right
> Chromium .64 .26-.5 yellow/right
> Vanadium .087 .03-.1 green/right
> Molybdenum .1 .05-.13 green/right
> Boron 4.0 .6-4 green/right
> Iodine .36 .25-1.3 green/left
> Lithium .014 .007-.023 green/right
> Phosphorus 149 160-250 yellow/left
> Selenium .91 .95-1.7 yellow/left
> Strontium .12 .16-1 yellow/left
> Sulfur 41900 45500-5300 peach/left
> Barium .39 .16-.8 green/right
> Cobalt .015 .013-.035 green/left
> Iron 23 8-19 yellow/right
> Geranium .057 .045-.065 green/right
> rubidium .089 .016-.18 green/right
> Zirconium 3.6 .04-1 peach/right
>
>
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