List,Please Help!We have received our DDI hair test results!!! We do
have 2 red toxic elements and 2 red essential elements. I did the
counting rules and it looks like my child is not mercury toxic.
Could someone please double check for me in case I am reading it
wrong. I have been reading this list deligently EVERYDAY since June
of 2001 in preparation for chelation but now do we need to do
chelation???? Is above average only the red range or does it include
the yellow too-green is good, right?(in the reference range)? We
give our son Epsom Salt baths every other night and I think this may
have impacted his red off the page Magnesium - his sulfur was green
though. Thank you to anyone who can help.

My 3 year old autistic son's DDI hair results:

Essential Elements (HIGH IS GOING TO RIGHT, LOW IS GOING TO LEFT):
ELEMENTS RESULTS COLOR HIGH/LOW REFERENCE RANGE

Calcium 137 green low 125-370
Magnesium 130 RED high 12-30
Sodium 22 green low 12-90
Potassium 13 green low 12-40
Copper 13 green high 8.0-16
Zinc 130 white middle dot 100-190
Manganese 0.05 RED low 0.2-0.55
Chromium 0.23 Yellow low 0.26-0.5
Vanadium 0.053 white middle 0.03-0.1
Molybdenum 0.061 green low 0.05-0.13
Boron 1.4 green low 0.6-4.0
Iodine 3.0 Yellow high 0.25-1.3
Lithium 0.045 Yellow high 0.007-0.023
Phosphorus 191 green low 160-250
Selenium 0.89 Yellow low 0.95-1.7
Strontium 0.69 green high 0.16-1.0
Sulfur 52800 green high 45500-53000
Barium 0.19 green low 0.16-0.8
Cobalt 0.011 Yellow low 0.013-0.035
Iron 6.6 Yellow low 8.0-19
Germanium 0.051 green low 0.045-0.065
Rubidium 0.015 Yellow low 0.016-0.18
Zirconium 0.62 green high 0.04-1.0

HIS POTENTIALLY TOXIC ELEMENTS
TOXIC EL %COLOR RESULT REFERENCE RANGE
Aluminum green 5.9 <8.0
Antimony green .059 <.066
Arsenic green .07 <.08
Beryllium no color<.01 <.02
Bismuth RED-OFF-PAGE-2.2 <.13
Cadmium green .041 <.15
Lead green .25 <1.0
Mercury green .03 <.4
Platinum no color<.0003 <.005
Thallium no color<.001 <.01
Thorium no color<.001 <.005
Uranium green .017 <.06
Nickel green .07 <.4
Silver green .05 <.2
Tin green .23 <.3
Titanium RED 3.2 <1.0
TOTAL TOXIC REPRESENTATION: Green but very close to yellow

"Counting rules:

The result is abnormal and suggests heavy metal intoxication if any
of the following criteria are met:

1. The number of essential elements "very elevated" and "very low" is
4 or more. {(Is this red only-we had 2 in red -1 low and 1 high, if
we count the yellow it would add 7 more-2 high and 5 low)}

2. The number of essential elements entirely inside the middle band
is 14 or less. {(white area? we had 2 in the white)}

3. The number of essential elements above average is EITHER 5 or less
OR it is 18 or more. {(Very confused here as to what is above
average - We have 1 red high, 2 yellow high, and 6 green high - that
would be 9 that are above the 50th percentile, is this right??)}"

Thank you in advance,
Theresa M, San Antonio, TX