Toxicity

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

Learning how to improve your home's water quality is one of the most important steps you can take to improve your child's health. It is almost a certainty that home drinking water contains toxins and contaminants, many of which can ... Read More

Marcia F. Marks, ACSW, LCSW, an environmental health consultant discusses greening your home, school and life with specific ideas in this blog post. Daily news reports alarm us about the hazards of living in a toxic world.  Parents sometimes feel ... 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

Food sensitivities or intolerances are often overlooked by many doctors because they are not considered to be "true" allergy (IgE-mediated).  This does not mean they are not clinically meaningful. Many people with food sensitivities do not even know that they ... Read More

My sons have healed from Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), acid reflux, asthma and eczema. I used to wonder a long time ago if these issues were related to each other and to their developmental delays, anxiety, failure to thrive and ... Read More