Hi � new here and looking for insights and support.  I tend to
research things and then decide what to do next.

I am over 50, f, and live in the Pacific Northwest US.  I was raised
in the NW, but had spent about 20 years in the Midwest US working
before moving back.  I have also lived in the southwest..  I was
forced out of work for health reasons and am now retired officially.

I have always been chemically sensitive I suspect.  I showed my first
signs at age 10.  At age 30 it manifested into food allergies.  I had
hepatitis first as a toddler and a few other rounds of liver problems
since.  The cause is unknown (isn't that typical doctor talk).

A year ago I got really sick.  I was grasping at straws looking for
answers.  We had acquired a used refrigerator and looking back, I got
sicker after working on cleaning the dusty junk under it on the coils
and fan; it has now been replaced.  The road in front had weed killers
put on it in a routine spraying the month before I started cleaning
the fridge and that got me sick too.  Even though I am to be notified
in advance I wasn't but I would have gotten sick anyhow.

In looking for answers, I had a DDI hair test run in October 2007.  It
showed elevated arsenic and had the markers for adrenal failure (high
K and Na and low Ca and Mg).  The primary care person I see had no
idea how to interpret it (she didn't order it either) and I got some
insight on a yahoo group and ended up buying Cutler's Hair
Interpretation book.  The elevated arsenic made sense if the previous
owner of the refrigerator had put rat or mouse poison on it and I got
it on me somehow.

So I have spent this last year working on adrenal issues and dealing
with what I assumed was arsenic poisoning.  I have attacked this with
supplements and I have to admit when I feel worse, I have a hard time
keeping them up.  When I push things, I get more headaches, and have
strong smelling urine.

So fast forward to now.  I ran another hair test a couple weeks ago.
This one still shows arsenic in the yellow zone, but now antimony is
also yellow.  I also have a 4 fold increase in lead (still green) and
see ups and downs in other toxic elements.  The adrenal issues are
better but still there.  The potassium is still sky high, but not as
high.  If it helps I can post the hair tests on photobucket.

I was looking for mercury as I still have my metal fillings.  The
counting rules show "passing" � in other words none of them are met
but I understand the presence of these other toxins can mask that.

I don't know if the antimony is new or old stuff being excreted.
Where is the antimony coming from?  I wish I knew.  The bed is 10
years old but I added what was then a year old memory foam topper
(this was after I got sick).  I had worked about 40 years ago for a
short time in electronics in plants with printed circuit boards and
soldering operations.  I wasn't actively involved as I did clerical
and quality control work.

Our water supply is "safe" with levels < 0.005 - up to 6 is allowed on
the last test.  I don't know about where we had lived before � haven't
researched that yet.  I do read about antimony leeching into plastic
water bottles and well I do drink bottled water.  At home I tend to
drink steam distilled.  I do have a new distiller.

I do know they paved the roads recently here (first coat was July 17th
in front) and that work with asphalt and oil was pretty toxic and I
had been doing better before they started doing that again this
summer.  .

My symptoms include some brain fog.  My reflexes were shot a year ago
but are better.  I have metallic tastes, gum irritations (but dentist
says things are okay) and distorted sense of smell.  I had some pain
in the teeth with metal fillings during all of this and had rotten
tastes in my mouth around the same time. I have rounds of emotional
issues.  I have ear pains too and hearing is super sensitive according
to my spouse.  The distorted smells drive me crazy and I suspect I am
detoxing stuff and smelling that (and it is causing the gum sensations
but I really don't know).

It's little wonder that I was attracted to singing in the Beethoven Society
of Australia Choir!
Elizabeth O'Brien

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rebekah Waechter"
To: <leadnet@...>
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 5:22 AM
Subject: [Leadnet] Expert: Beethoven inadvertently poisoned by doctor


VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- Did someone kill Beethoven? A Viennese pathologist
claims the composer's physician did -- inadvertently overdosing him with
lead
in a case of a cure that went wrong.


http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/28/whokilledbeethoven.ap/index.html


Expert: Beethoven inadvertently poisoned by doctor
   a.. Story Highlights
   b.. Beethoven was treated for fluid in the abdomen

   c.. Doctor treated him by puncturing abdomen, covering with
lead-containing balm

   d.. Lead in Beethoven's body could have also been from other sources

   e.. Beethoven died at age 57 in 1827


VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- Did someone kill Beethoven? A Viennese pathologist
claims the composer's physician did -- inadvertently overdosing him with
lead in a case of a cure that went wrong.

For the great Ludwig van Beethoven, the treatment may have been worse than
the disease.


Other researchers are not convinced, but there is no controversy about one
fact: The master had been a very sick man years before his death in 1827.

Previous research determined that Beethoven had suffered from lead
poisoning, first detecting toxic levels of the metal in his hair and then,
two years ago, in bone fragments. Those findings strengthened the belief
that lead poisoning may have contributed -- and ultimately led -- to his
death at age 57.

But Viennese forensic expert Christian Reiter claims to know more after
months of painstaking work applying CSI-like methods to strands of
Beethoven's hair.

He says his analysis, published last week in the Beethoven Journal, shows
that in the final months of the composer's life, lead concentrations in his
body spiked every time he was treated by his doctor, Andreas Wawruch, for
fluid inside the abdomen. Those lethal doses permeated Beethoven's ailing
liver, ultimately killing him, Reiter told The Associated Press.

"His death was due to the treatments by Dr. Wawruch," said Reiter, head of
the Department of Forensic Medicine at Vienna's Medical University.
"Although you cannot blame Dr. Wawruch -- how was he to know that Beethoven
already had a serious liver ailment?"

Nobody did back then.

Only through an autopsy after the composer's death in the Austrian capital
on March 26, 1827, were doctors able to establish that Beethoven suffered
from cirrhosis of the liver as well as edemas of the abdomen. Reiter says
that in attempts to ease the composer's suffering, Wawruch repeatedly
punctured the abdominal cavity -- and then sealed the wound with a
lead-laced poultice.

Although lead's toxicity was known even then, the doses contained in a
treatment balm "were not poisonous enough to kill someone if he would have
been healthy," Reiter said. "But what Dr. Wawruch clearly did not know that
his treatment was attacking an already sick liver, killing that organ."

Even before the edemas developed, Wawruch noted in his diary that he treated
an outbreak of pneumonia months before Beethoven's death with salts
containing lead, which aggravated what researchers believe was an existing
case of lead poisoning.

But, said Reiter, it was the repeated doses of the lead-containing cream,
administered by Wawruch in the last weeks of Beethoven's life, that did in
the composer.

Analysis of several hair strands showed "several peaks where the
concentration of lead rose pretty massively" on the four occasions between
December 5, 1826, and February 27, 1827, when Beethoven himself documented
that he had been treated by Wawruch for the edema, said Reiter. "Every time
when his abdomen was punctured ... we have an increase of the concentration
of lead in the hair."

Such claims intrigue others who have researched the issue.

"His data strongly suggests that Beethoven was subjected to significant lead
exposures over the last 111 days of his life and that this lead may have
been in the very medicines applied by his doctor," said Bill Walsh, who led
the team at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory
outside Chicago that found large amounts of lead in Beethoven's bone
fragments. That research two years ago confirmed the cause of years of
debilitating disease that likely led to his death -- but did not tie his
demise to Wawruch.

"I believe that Beethoven's death may have been caused by this application
of lead-containing medicines to an already severely lead-poisoned man,"
Walsh said.

Still, he added, samples from hair analysis are not normally considered as
reliable as from bone, which showed high levels of lead concentration over
years, instead of months.

With hair, "you have the issue of contamination from outside material,
shampoos, residues, weathering problems. The membranes on the outside of the
hair tend to deteriorate," he said, suggesting more research is needed on
the exact composition of the medications given Beethoven in his last months
of his life.

As for what caused the poisoning even before Wawruch's treatments, some say
it was the lead-laced wine Beethoven drank. Others speculate that as a young
man he drank water with high concentrations of lead at a spa.

"We still don't know the ultimate cause," Reiter said. "But he was a very
sick man -- for years before his death."

The Beethoven Journal is published by the Ira F. Brilliant Center for
Beethoven Studies at San Jose State University in California.

IBM cancer study gets federal push
$3.2M in funding almost '100 percent certain'
By Tom Wilber
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin, NY

Federal scientists will have money to proceed with a monumental study of cancer rates among 28,000 IBM-Endicott employees that will advance science about illness and chemical exposure, U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey said Thursday.

Hinchey, a member of the House Appropriations Committee, said he has secured funding necessary for the National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health to begin the $3.2 million study in the next fiscal year, which begins in October.

It would be the first comprehensive government study of cancer rates among employees in the circuit board manufacturing industry, and is intended to address widespread questions about whether they bore a disproportionately high cancer risk.

"The funding has been secured. It is in the budget," said Hinchey, D-Hurley. "NIOSH has given us assurances they will begin the study next fiscal year." The funding was included in a clause in a bill passed by the House that would make the study a priority for NIOSH in 2008.

Meanwhile, IBM pledged to cooperate with the study.

"We will pass along any information (to NIOSH) that is lawfully acceptable," IBM spokesman Ari Fishkind said Thursday afternoon. "We have cooperated with NIOSH in the past and that will always be the case."

The study would be based largely on records dating to the early 1960s that document the IBM work force at the sprawling Endicott facility, now owned by Huron Real Estate Associates. They would be cross-referenced with cancer and death records kept by state and federal government agencies, so researchers will be able to tell if a person who worked for the company for a given period developed cancer any time after that.

The study also would tap IBM's industrial hygiene records to track what chemicals were used, where, and when in an attempt to characterize likely exposure scenarios for workers in various departments.

The study would be a significant contribution to worldwide occupational safety, including countries that use chemicals and processes being phased out of this country, said Richard Clapp, professor of environmental health at Boston University and a national authority on chemical exposure.

"It's an understudied industry," he said. "This is a big step forward."

Fred Blosser, a spokesman for NIOSH in Washington, on Thursday said the agency could not comment on funding for the agency until the budget is finalized. In the meantime, he added, agency officials would "watch with interest" the progress of the legislation containing the clause for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to proceed with the IBM study. NIOSH is a branch of the CDC.

"We appreciate the congressman's interest and we will follow the progress of the bill," Blosser said.

Lynne Pinkerton, a scientist with NIOSH, said in a proposal earlier this year that IBM was willing to contribute personnel records, but not eager to share industrial hygiene information. The agency has the authority to subpoena the records. If that becomes necessary, a legal battle could delay the study.

Hinchey has advocated tougher state and federal TCE regulations after the chemical was found wafting from polluted sites into buildings throughout the Southern Tier in 2003. To date, more than 500 properties have been affected in Endicott, Hillcrest, Binghamton, Vestal and Norwich.

A study in one of those areas, south and southwest of the former IBM plant on North Street, Endicott, showed residents had disproportionately high rates of testicular and kidney cancer, and heart defects.

The IBM study would pertain to exposure to many kinds of chemicals, including TCE.

About 40 people, including advocates, residents and state and local elected officials, applauded Hinchey as he walked into the village rotunda for the press conference Thursday afternoon, and again when it was over.

Rick White, a spokesman for Alliance@IBM, a labor advocacy group, said Thursday he has growing confidence IBM will cooperate with the study.

"Their image is at stake," he said. "And I think they want to do the right thing and be a good corporate citizen."
http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070810/NEWS01/708100347/1006

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> > > Liz. > � > If the study is right I should have died years ago,�I bought and sold > more then > � > 500,000 lbs. of lead a year.�� I touched every bit of this lead, > And I have a wife. > � > I also worked at a�gas station in the sixties.� I was tested for > lead every year, > � > My numbers were at 5 or below.� Also,�I played with mercy in high > school > � > labs.� > � > ����������������������������� > Yours > ������������������������������ > Mike Circle > � > � > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: egroup@... > To: LeadWorkers@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 2:12 > AM > Subject: Re: [LeadWorkers] Is full lead > paint removal the best public health policy? Article on lead & brain > cancer > > > > So what you're saying then Mike, is that, if children > are lucky enough to live with a person who is professionally trained in > OH&S to deal with lead safely and if those parents�apply that > training to their renovation techniques and their parenting, and if they have > their kids routinely blood lead tested when they are little so they know that > their methods really are lead safe, then repainting over the top of the lead > paint is fine? I think that just leaves the vast majority of the population > for whom a public health policy of full paint removal is > essential! > I just received another scarey article on the impacts of > lead poisoning in workers, which adds to the argument for much better OH&S > training regarding lead. > Link to article abstract on lead and > brain cancer. > http://www.rxpgnews.com/cancer/brain/article_4897.shtml > The article begins: > People who are routinely exposed to lead on the > job are 50 percent more likely to die from brain cancer than people who are > not exposed, according to a University of Rochester Medical Center > study. > Regards > Elizabeth O'Brien > � > ----- Original Message ----- > From: michael > circle > To: LeadWorkers@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 11:10 AM > Subject: Re: [LeadWorkers] Is full lead paint removal the best > public health policy? > > > Elizabeth > � > I have rehab. Over (5) homes that had lead based paint on them, The > homes > � > were tested and found that if� the old paint is cleaned and prepped > > � > the right way the homes were safe for children including my own. > � > I find if I feed my children they do not eat the paint off the walls and > shills, > � > there fore they are safe from lead poisoning. > � > � > ��������������������������������������� > Mike Circle > � > > > > > > > > > > >

Lead must be ingested or inhaled..you can't get lead poisoning by touching it. Paint on homes and walls are eaten by children (chips) or they fall in the soil and contaminate the

ground water etc.� Jennifer

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Regards

Tarum

Hello Damien,
From my experience, and several others who I have come across with
high lead exposure, CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) symptoms have
definitely been present.
...And probably the most persistent.

Andrew

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--- In LeadWorkers@yahoogroups.com, "damienhorler" <wacket@...> wrote:
>
> hi leadworkers
> my name is damien I am a new member and need some info.
> I have been diagnosed with ME/CFS 3 years ago and believe exposure
> to lead a few years before may have some thing to do with it.
> I have just recently had a iv chelation challenge where they test
> the urine which picked up lead.
> I was a builder and at one job I was using second weatherboards
> that had lead paint on them, I used a heat gun that bubbles the
paint
> so you can scrap it off. I did have a proper mask on but do
remember
> smelling it through the mask occassionally. I was also cutting the
boards
> as well.so I need info
> I need to find a doctor who knows about this stuff
> I need to know the best way to chelate the lead.
> I need to know if people have cfs type symptoms with lead poisoning
> thanks damien
>

hi leadworkers
my name is damien I am a new member and need some info.
I have been diagnosed with ME/CFS 3 years ago and believe exposure
to lead a few years before may have some thing to do with it.
I have just recently had a iv chelation challenge where they test
the urine which picked up lead.
I was a builder and at one job I was using second weatherboards
that had lead paint on them, I used a heat gun that bubbles the paint
so you can scrap it off. I did have a proper mask on but do remember
smelling it through the mask occassionally. I was also cutting the boards
as well.so I need info
I need to find a doctor who knows about this stuff
I need to know the best way to chelate the lead.
I need to know if people have cfs type symptoms with lead poisoning
thanks damien

[For those people receiving this who are not in the Lead Poisoned Adults
Egroup (LPAE), please refer to the email below which inspired this
investigation of possible answers, which itself raises important questions
for everyone receiving this email.]
I am starting to believe that the best answer to the perennial question of
whether the damage lead has done to an individual is permanent or whether
some symptoms are reversible, is to ask another question: what is your known
or likely cumulative blood lead index plus what are the other health risks
you have acquired by dint of your family medical history, your upbringing
and lifetime exposures to other harbingers of ill-health?
To explain the concept of your known or likely cumulative blood lead index,
there are precious few references because the science of predicting health
effects in an individual is dependent on the science of epidemiology which
has a hard enough time determining risks across a whole population of people
whose blood lead levels (or bone lead levels) are measured either once or
over a period of time (as in longitudinal studies). The unfortunate fact of
the matter is that, especially for people outside the USA, known cumulative
blood lead indices are extremely rare and would normally only be able to be
calculated for lead exposed workers IF the lead-exposed worker is fortunate
enough to work for a company that actually complies with OH&S regulations
which demand workers blood lead monitoring data be kept AND the company is
prepared to release the results to the worker even if the worker is retired
or has left.
The cumulative blood lead index is measured in ug-years/dL. A ug year/dL in
lead exposure is one microgram of lead per decilitre of blood for a period
of one year. The recent mini-monograph in the March 2007 Environmental
Health Perspectives included the article "Adult Lead Exposure: Time for
Change" by Brian S. Schwartz and Howard Hu (see
http://www.ehponline.org/members/2006/9782/9782.pdf) and concludes (in
part):
"The growing body of scientific evidence suggests that occupational
standards should limit recent dose to prevent the acute effects of lead and
separately limit cumulative dose to prevent the chronic effects of lead."
"We would favor limits that keep blood lead levels < 20 ug/dL to prevent the
acute effects of recent dose. For the prevention of the chronic health
effects of cumulative dose, the available evidence suggests (snip)
maintaining the cumulative blood lead index below approximately 200-400
ug-years/dL (equivalent to an average blood lead level of 20 ug/dL for 10-20
years or of 10 ug/dL for 20-40 years).
The question which arises is: which among the Australian lead mining
companies and state and federal OH&S regulatory bodies in the US and
Australia are going to incorporate this new recommendation into their policy
or regulations?
I am very keen to hear from anyone who has the power to do so.
Regards
Yours Sincerely
Elizabeth O'Brien, Manager, Global Lead Advice & Support Service
PO Box 161 Summer Hill NSW 2130 Australia
Ph +61 2 9716 0132
www.lead.org.au

----- Original Message -----
From: "brindle222"
To: <LPAE@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 9:40 AM
Subject: [LPAE] Newest member


In June of 2006 I was diagnosed with lead and mercury poisoning, by a
provoked 24 urine test.  Since September I have had 21 EDTA one hour
chelation IV's.  I do feel better, but I can't find any answers as to
whether there is permanent damage and/or will I ever feel normal again,
if I can remember what normal is.  I have been sick since I turned 60
and I will be 68 in a few days.  In 2003 I had to retire, because I no
longer could funtion more than 2 days a week.  My lead count was 48 in
June and it is now down to 8.  The mercury seems to have cleared.  Any
information would be greatly appreciated.



Yahoo! Groups Links

Elizabeth,
     Thank you so much for your prompt response.  In answer to your question(s),
I was
exposed to lead while working in an old house (I am a contractor) and removing,
sanding
and generally breathing and/or ingesting lead paint particles.  Needless to say
(I hope), I
am much more careful about my work habits and paying attention to the warnings
that
were already there for me.

      As far as my levels go, I regret to say that I have only the one test to go
by as I was
dropped by my medical insurance on a technicality right after I was diagnosed
with a
"high" lead level.  Regardless, I will be getting a new blood test for lead so I
can gauge
my progress, and I will most likeley have some more questions for you then.
     Thanks again for your help and support; this has been a scary experience for
me and
it's good to be in contact with people who share my concerns.

                                 sincerely,  Saul




--- In LeadWorkers@yahoogroups.com, <egroup@...> wrote:
>
> Dear Saul,
> the good news is that your blood lead level will fall as long as you have
> identified the source/s and stopped the exposure. Sperm are apparently only
> affected by the blood lead level for the 4 months that it takes to make a
> sperm. We recommend therefore that you do not try to conceive until your
> blood lead level has been below 10 micrograms per decilitre (ug/dL) for a
> full four months prior to conception. As to how long it takes to get the
> blood lead level down to 10 ug/dL (ie how long will it be before you can
> start counting the four months), this is entirely dependent on the peak
> blood lead level and how chronic or acute the exposure was. In other words,
> if your blood lead level had been 26 ug/dL or higher for a full year before
> your blood lead level was tested (chronic exposure), then it would take a
> lot longer (unless you have chelation treatment) to fall to below 10 ug/dL
> than if your blood lead level was 8 ug/dL one week and 26 ug/dL for the next
> week (acute exposure) when you got it tested.
> If the result of 26 ug/dL was your first blood lead result then the best
> indicator as to how long your blood lead level might have been elevated is
> the RATE at which it falls or the length of time it takes to go below 10
> ug/dL. If it goes below 10 ug/dL in a matter of weeks then you know it was
> an acute exposure but if it takes months, you can be fairly sure it was a
> chronic exposure (unless there has been a failure to identify and eliminate
> sources and you are in fact continuing to be exposed to lead). Does that
> make sense?
> The bad news is that, according to the most comprehensive synthesis of
> research into lead, the "Draft Toxicological Profile for Lead" [Ref: Author:
> U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Public Health Service, Agency
> for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), September 2005
> http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp13.pdf ]
> page 28 - "High-level exposure in men can damage the organs responsible for
> sperm production."
> Do you have other blood lead results to give the picture as to the severity
> of your exposure? Were you exposed to lead at work? If so, it would be
> interesting to know what the work was.
> Best regards
> Yours Sincerely
> Elizabeth O'Brien, Manager, Global Lead Advice & Support Service (GLASS) run
> by The LEAD Group Inc.
> PO Box 161 Summer Hill NSW 2130 Australia
> www.lead.org.au
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "q22skidoo" <q22skidoo@...>
> To: <LeadWorkers@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 3:01 PM
> Subject: [LeadWorkers] a question about plumbism and reproduction
>
>
> Hi. I'm a 35 year old male. Last year I was diagnosed with lead poisoning
> (my blood
> lead level was found to be >26 at the time I was tested). The symptoms come
> and go,
> but I'm dealing with them one day at a time.
>
>      I have no children, but lately (for obvious reasons) I've been
> wondering about my
> ability to ever have them. Specifically, I'm wondering A. if a high blood
> lead level is a
> "death sentence" for a man's reproductive ability, and B. whether or not
> there are
> likely to be birth defects, assuming fertilization is still possible.
>
>      I'd like to hear from anyone who has insight into this matter.  Thanks.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>

Dear Saul,
the good news is that your blood lead level will fall as long as you have
identified the source/s and stopped the exposure. Sperm are apparently only
affected by the blood lead level for the 4 months that it takes to make a
sperm. We recommend therefore that you do not try to conceive until your
blood lead level has been below 10 micrograms per decilitre (ug/dL) for a
full four months prior to conception. As to how long it takes to get the
blood lead level down to 10 ug/dL (ie how long will it be before you can
start counting the four months), this is entirely dependent on the peak
blood lead level and how chronic or acute the exposure was. In other words,
if your blood lead level had been 26 ug/dL or higher for a full year before
your blood lead level was tested (chronic exposure), then it would take a
lot longer (unless you have chelation treatment) to fall to below 10 ug/dL
than if your blood lead level was 8 ug/dL one week and 26 ug/dL for the next
week (acute exposure) when you got it tested.
If the result of 26 ug/dL was your first blood lead result then the best
indicator as to how long your blood lead level might have been elevated is
the RATE at which it falls or the length of time it takes to go below 10
ug/dL. If it goes below 10 ug/dL in a matter of weeks then you know it was
an acute exposure but if it takes months, you can be fairly sure it was a
chronic exposure (unless there has been a failure to identify and eliminate
sources and you are in fact continuing to be exposed to lead). Does that
make sense?
The bad news is that, according to the most comprehensive synthesis of
research into lead, the "Draft Toxicological Profile for Lead" [Ref: Author:
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Public Health Service, Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), September 2005
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp13.pdf ]
page 28 - "High-level exposure in men can damage the organs responsible for
sperm production."
Do you have other blood lead results to give the picture as to the severity
of your exposure? Were you exposed to lead at work? If so, it would be
interesting to know what the work was.
Best regards
Yours Sincerely
Elizabeth O'Brien, Manager, Global Lead Advice & Support Service (GLASS) run
by The LEAD Group Inc.
PO Box 161 Summer Hill NSW 2130 Australia
www.lead.org.au


----- Original Message -----
From: "q22skidoo" <q22skidoo@...>
To: <LeadWorkers@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 3:01 PM
Subject: [LeadWorkers] a question about plumbism and reproduction


Hi. I'm a 35 year old male. Last year I was diagnosed with lead poisoning
(my blood
lead level was found to be >26 at the time I was tested). The symptoms come
and go,
but I'm dealing with them one day at a time.

      I have no children, but lately (for obvious reasons) I've been
wondering about my
ability to ever have them. Specifically, I'm wondering A. if a high blood
lead level is a
"death sentence" for a man's reproductive ability, and B. whether or not
there are
likely to be birth defects, assuming fertilization is still possible.

      I'd like to hear from anyone who has insight into this matter.  Thanks.






Yahoo! Groups Links

Hi. I'm a 35 year old male. Last year I was diagnosed with lead poisoning (my
blood
lead level was found to be >26 at the time I was tested). The symptoms come and
go,
but I'm dealing with them one day at a time.

      I have no children, but lately (for obvious reasons) I've been wondering
about my
ability to ever have them. Specifically, I'm wondering A. if a high blood lead
level is a
"death sentence" for a man's reproductive ability, and B. whether or not there
are
likely to be birth defects, assuming fertilization is still possible.

      I'd like to hear from anyone who has insight into this matter.  Thanks.