Modern-Day Toxic Metals are Implicated in 50% of All Deaths and 95% of All Diseases According to Dr. Henry Schroeder of Dartmouth University

Following is a Description of Other Toxic Metals that have an Impact on Human Health

Antimony 

Potential exposures from this metal come from food and fluids in contact with ceramic enamels and pewter. Clothing impregnated with antimony trioxide for flame proofing is an additional source. Generally, however, exposures are low, except in industry.

Antimony belongs to the same group as arsenic.

Chronic exposures by inhalation result in rhinitus, pharyngitis, tracheitis, and, with longer-term exposure, bronchitis.

Arsenic 

Elemental arsenic is not toxic. In fact, mountaineers in the Alps of Switzerland used to eat relatively large quantities of native arsenic, believing that it helped;

• endurance at high altitudes
• increased weight
• strength and appetitecleared the complexion

The second source of the toxic metal arsenic is a direct result of the Age of Metals. The use of arsenic has increased greatly during the past 90 years. In 1873, Great Britain produced 5,459 tons of arsenic trioxide as a byproduct of the reduction of cobalt and nickel from ores.

The major sources of arsenic are vegetable foods that have been sprayed with arsenical weed killers and pesticides.

Aluminum 

Aluminum is one of the most available toxic metals in the environment.

Until recently, it existed in forms that made it unavailable to man and most other species. Acid rain, however, has significantly increased the amount of aluminum appearing in biologic ecosystems.

The result of this is destructive action on fish and plant life species. At this time, there is a significant debate regarding the effects of aluminum in humans.

The average human consumption of aluminum is from 9 mg per day to 36 mg per day, with an average of about 20 mg per day. If intakes are greater than 1,000 mg per day, body tissues begin to accumulate aluminum.

Bone and lung have the largest concentrations of aluminum, suggesting that bone is a sink for aluminum toxic metal accumulation. Aluminum compounds can affect absorption of other elements, such as calcium and iron.

In animal models, increasing aluminum intake to levels where brain aluminum begins to increase causes subtle behavioral changes, including learning and memory deficits and poor motor function.

These changes progress to:

• tremor
• lack of coordination
• weakness
• ataxia

This is followed by seizures and death within three or four weeks of initial exposure.

Aluminum competes with, or alters, calcium use in several organs and physiological systems. Since calcium is so important in the regulation of many cellular functions, increased aluminum concentration can profoundly affect overall cellular function.

Aluminum is suspected as one of the agents underlying the development of Alzheimer’s disease.