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Iatrogenic illness: exploitation and harm
Published in Herman Staudenmayer, Environmental Illness, 2018
With respect to the efficacy of the methods used to diagnose and treat mercury toxicity, Dr. Huggins publications were judged to be misleading, deceptive, and false. The diagnostic methods specifically identified were the mercury toxicity questionnaire, blood chemistries, the lymphocyte viability test, co-oximetry testing, and hair analysis. The treatment methods specifically identified were serum compatibility testing, the bubble operatory (curved walls said to have unique air circulation and control for adverse effects of electromagnetic forces), sequential removal of amalgams, nutritional supplements (Trans-Mix, Eaters Digest, X-IT, and Jogger Juice all distributed or endorsed by Dr. Huggins), intravenous vitamin C, vitamin C flush, insulin, lithium, thyroid, posterior pituitary extract, massage, sauna (said to sweat out mercury lodged in tissue), acupressure for pain relief, and Feldenkrais movement.
Nanomaterial Characterization Techniques
Published in Dhiraj Sud, Anil Kumar Singla, Munish Kumar Gupta, Nanomaterials in Manufacturing Processes, 2023
Rajeev Bagoria, Mahender Kumar
The important application of AFM is to study about structure and properties of nanodots, nanowires and nanofiber materials and their nanofabrication. In materials science, this tool is helpful in investigation of thin- and thick-film coating, polymer morphology and study of abrasion, adhesion and etching friction phenomena. AFM is successfully used in forensic sciences for the blood and human hair analysis.
Evaluation of Water and Its Contaminants
Published in William J. Rea, Kalpana D. Patel, Reversibility of Chronic Disease and Hypersensitivity, Volume 5, 2017
William J. Rea, Kalpana D. Patel
The first atomic bomb was set off in the Los Alamos area of New Mexico. Residents of this area know that the water is contaminated with radioactive waste. The residents we have seen from this area with chemical sensitivity all seem to have a residual of radioactive signs in their hair analysis. They have also developed chemically sensitivity in parallel or as a result of this overexposure.
Characterization of Pb and Cd contamination in the feces and feathers of rook (Corvus frugilegus) and the scalp hair of residents in Qiqihar, northeastern China
Published in Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal, 2018
Jinming Luo, Xiaohua Li, Yongjie Wang, Hongying Li
Some previous researches reported the limitations of hair analysis as biological indicators for exposure to Pb and Cd, such as difficult to discern between exogenous contaminants and endogenous toxicants in hair (Rodrigues et al.2008; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2012a,b), and lack of validation of analytic techniques (Frisch and Schwartz 2002). González-Muñz and Meseguer (2008) found that there was no significant correlation between metal intake and the corresponding metal level in the hair. The exogenous fractions (i.e., atmospheric deposition) of Pb and Cd in the scalp hair cannot be completely removed by washing alone (Dauwe et al.2003). In addition, the main part of intake Cd in human being would be sequestered in the kidney and eliminated directly in the urine rather than accumulated in the hair (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2012a,b). So using human scalp hair to indicate the environmental exposure to Cd and Pb remains a challenge. Nevertheless, the hair levels of Pb and Cd were obviously higher than the average levels in China and exceeded the levels in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Miekeley et al.1998) and Alcalá University, Spain (González-Muñz and Meseguer 2008). Moreover, the Cd level in hair was similar to that in Corte do Pinto, Portugal [at an abandoned mine area polluted by Pb and Cd (Pereira et al., 2004)]. The increased Pb and Cd levels in the C. frugilegus and human scalp hairs suggest that the local people may be exposed to the contaminants to some extent. High Pb and Cd contents in the topsoil were mainly noted in the Indust. area and Comm. zone. Hence, the exposure risk among C. frugilegus and local people was possibly associated with local industrial wastes and vehicle exhausts. Effective measures should be established to reduce the inputs of Pb and Cd into the local environment and thus protect the health of local people.