Toxicity

Our Planet Is Sick, and So Are We Sick planet sick people: Our relationship to the environment has a direct and immediate impact on our health, yet modern healthcare seems to all but ignore this inconvenient truth. Our children, our ... Read More

Water is essential for all body systems to operate smoothly and should be the main source for hydration, but all water is not the same. There are ways to make healthier choices in the water that you drink. Avoid Lead ... Read More

Detoxification is a critical process for maintaining optimal health. The human body is exposed to various toxins daily from environmental toxins, internal waste products, and even from certain organisms living within us. Efficient elimination of these toxins is necessary for ... Read More

Adapted from information provided by National Integrative Health Associates (NIHA) in Washington, D.C. What Is Mercury Toxicity? In Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, the distractible Mad Hatter runs around talking incoherently and can’t concentrate. His behavior was based on the ... Read More

This article is condensed with permission from Pesticides and You, the quarterly publication of Beyond Pesticides/National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides (NCAMP). Myth:  Pesticides pose no risk to the health of children. Fact:    Pesticide poisoning of children and adults ... Read More

Kelly Dorfman, MS, LN writes about the impact of heavy metal toxicity on children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Experts have long recognized heavy metal toxicity as a cause of or contributor to developmental delays, autism, ADHD and Sensory Processing Disorder.  How ... Read More

Margaret Wulf, MS, explains how many school buildings may be suffering from sick building syndrome because they are old or inadequately built in this blog post. Many Schools Have Sick Building Syndrome A healthy learning environment should be every schoolchild's ... Read More

"How inappropriate to call this planet Earth, when clearly it is Ocean." -Arthur C. Clarke Do You Know These Water Facts? 80% of the Earth's surface is water. Only 1% of the Earth's water is suitable for drinking. About 70-75% of ... Read More

At a three-year-old well visit, Ben’s pediatrician diagnosed him with Pervasive Development Disorder, an autism spectrum disorder. His mother was told, “You have to find a way to wrap your head around this. A kid like him, if we are ... Read More

Where do I begin? Should I start with my being pregnant and working at a stressful job in New York City? Maybe I should first write about my family history of celiac and not knowing that having undiagnosed celiac/gluten intolerance ... Read More

excerpted from A Compromised Generation:  The Epidemic of Chronic Illness in America’s Children Upon meeting Leo for the first time, it is difficult to grasp that this friendly, bright-eyed 10½ year old boy once had autism. There is nothing about ... Read More