--- In Autism-Mercury@y..., fvillaaz@j... wrote:
> I have two DDI test results. One was taken about a year and a half
ago
> the other more recent. The first was done to identify deficiencies
in
> minerals and the more recent one was to identify mercury toxicity.
>
> You can see that Calcium, Magnesium,K,Strontium are elevated in the
> more recent test. I don't know if this is good or bad. Is it fair to
> compare the two test results?

Yes.

>
> Based on the counting rules, is my son a good candidate for
Chelation?

Well, he only has 4 or 5 things below the 50th percentile, which does
satisfy one of the counting rules indicating it is quite unlikely this
happened randomly with normal mineral transport. And mercury is one
of the few things that appears to mess mineral transport up.

> I think so if "every elevated" includes the Yellow region >84th
> percentile.

It doesn't. It only includes RED.
>
> Thanks, Fred.
>
>
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> SEX: MALE
> AGE: 7
> DATE: 6/16/2001
>
> Toxic Elements Result Ref.Range Percentile
> Aluminum 21 < 8 YEL
> Antimony 0.1 < 0.066 YEL
> Arsenic 0.057 < 0.08 GRN
> Beryllium <0.01 < 0.02 GRN
> Bismuth 0.075 < 0.12 GRN
> Cadmium 0.024 < 0.15 GRN
> Lead 0.41 < 1.0 GRN
> Mercury 0.1 < 0.4 GRN
> Platinum <0.003 < 0.005 GRN
> Thallium <0.001 < 0.01 GRN
> Thorium <0.001 < 0.005 GRN
> Uranium 0.14 < 0.06 YEL
> Nickel 0.1 < 0.4 GRN
> Silver 0.08 < 0.13 GRN
> Tin 0.14 < 0.3 GRN
> Titanium 2.5 < 1 RED
>
> Total Toxic Representation -- 69th % YEL
>
> Essential and Other Elements Result Ref. Range Percentile
> Calcium 813 160-500 YEL HIGH
> Magnesium 96 12-50 YEL HIGH
> Sodium 55 12-90 GRN HIGH
> Potassium 59 10-40 YEL HIGH
> Copper 11 9.0-30 GRN LOW
> Zinc 170 110-190 GRN HIGH
> Manganese 0.62 0.18-0.6 GRN HIGH
> Chromium 0.34 0.23-0.5 GRN HIGH
> Vanadium 0.13 0.025-0.1 YEL HIGH
> Molybdenum 0.046 0.04-0.089 GRN LOW
> Boron 1.8 0.5-3.5 GRN HIGH
> Iodine 0.47 0.25-1.3 GRN LOW
> Lithium 0.063 0.007-0.023 YEL HIGH
> Phosphorus 198 160-250 WHITE
> Selenium 0.7 0.95-1.7 YEL LOW
> Strontium 7.1 0.21-2.1 RED HIGH
> Sulfur 49400 45500-53000 GRN HIGH
> Barium 1.2 0.19-1.6 GRN HIGH
> Cobalt 0.023 0.013-0.035 GRN HIGH
> Iron 16 6.0-17 GRN HIGH
> Germanium 0.058 0.045-0.065 GRN HIGH
> Rubidium 0.074 0.008-0.08 GRN HIGH
> Zirconium 0.84 0.06-0.7 YEL HIGH
>
> Ratios Elements Ratios Expected Range
> Ca/Mg 8.46 4-30
> Ca/P 4.1 0.8-8
> Na/K 0.941 0.5-10
> Zn/Cu 15.9 4-20
> Zn/Cd > 999 >800
>
> ********************************************************************
>
> SEX: MALE
> AGE: 6
> DATE: 2/04/2000
>
> Toxic Elements Result ug/g Ref.Range Percentile
> Aluminum 18 < 8 YEL
> Antimony 0.074 < 0.066 YEL
> Arsenic 0.14 < 0.08 YEL
> Beryllium <0.01 < 0.02 GRN
> Bismuth 0.14 < 0.12 YEL
> Cadmium 0.15 < 0.15 YEL
> Lead 0.36 < 1.0 GRN
> Mercury 0.04 < 0.4 GRN
> Platinum <0.003 < 0.005 GRN
> Thallium <0.001 < 0.01 GRN
> Thorium 0.003 < 0.005 GRN
> Uranium 0.096 < 0.06 YEL
> Nickel 0.22 < 0.4 GRN
> Silver 0.04 < 0.13 GRN
> Tin 0.08 < 0.3 GRN
> Titanium 1.9 < 1 YEL
>
> Total Toxic Representation -- 69th % YEL
>
> Essential Result Ref. Range Percentile
> Calcium 432 160-500 YEL HIGH
> Magnesium 32 12-50 YEL HIGH
> Sodium 33 12-90 GRN HIGH
> Potassium 33 10-40 YEL HIGH
> Copper 12 9.0-30 GRN LOW
> Zinc 200 110-190 GRN HIGH
> Manganese 0.47 0.18-0.6 GRN HIGH
> Chromium 0.26 0.23-0.5 GRN HIGH
> Vanadium 0.16 0.025-0.1 YEL HIGH
> Molybdenum 0.056 0.04-0.089 GRN LOW
> Boron 1.5 0.5-3.5 GRN HIGH
> Iodine 0.45 0.25-1.3 GRN LOW
> Lithium 0.038 0.007-0.023 YEL HIGH
> Phosphorus 271 160-250 WHITE
> Selenium 1 0.95-1.7 YEL LOW
> Strontium 1.5 0.21-2.1 RED HIGH
> Sulfur 49300 45500-53000 GRN HIGH
> Barium 0.45 0.19-1.6 GRN HIGH
> Cobalt 0.043 0.013-0.035 GRN HIGH
> Iron 20 6.0-17 GRN HIGH
> Germanium 0.032 0.045-0.065 GRN HIGH
> Rubidium 0.064 0.008-0.08 GRN HIGH
> Zirconium 0.58 0.06-0.7 YEL HIGH
>
> Ratios Elements Ratios Expected Range
> Ca/Mg 13.6 4-30
> Ca/P 1.59 0.8-8
> Na/K 1.01 0.5-10
> Zn/Cu 16.7 4-20
> Zn/Cd > 999