Heavy Metal Toxicity & Testing
In Maricopa County (Arizona) we are in the 90th to 100th percentile for cancer risk meaning our county is one of the most toxic counties in the United States - Scorecard*. Our biggest cancer risk comes from Cadmium a potent xenobiotic shown to do irreparable harm to nearly all organ systems. Heavy metals have been linked to a multitude of conditions including cancer, heart, kidney, infertility, neurological disease and much more.
Heavy metals are depurated through chelators including but not limited to DMPS, CaEDTA, and DMSA. Chelation is the only effective way to remove heavy metals due to the fact they are bioaccumulative and build up in the body with each exposure and have very long half lives.
*In Maricopa County . . . . . .from 1988 to 2002, total cancer risk scores have increased 681%.
Chemical Name / Cancer Risk Scores Pounds of benzene-equivalents
CADMIUM COMPOUNDS 6,500,000
CHROMIUM 62,000
TETRACHLOROETHYLENE 46,000
LEAD 18,000
LEAD COMPOUNDS 13,000
CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS 5,900
DICHLOROMETHANE 4,300
BENZENE 2,300
NICKEL 1,400
NICKEL COMPOUNDS 740
TRICHLOROETHYLENE 420
FORMALDEHYDE 220
METHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER 82
Note: These rankings do not cover all chemical releases reported to TRI (Toxic Release Inventory) - they only include chemicals that possess risk scores. As a result of data gaps or modeling problems, not all TRI chemicals possess the information required to weight their mass release by toxicity and exposure potential. Dioxin compounds, for example, are not included in these rankings. TRI chemicals that lack risk scores should not be assumed to be safe.
http://scorecard.goodguide.com/env-releases/county.tcl?fips_county_code=04013#major_chemical_releases
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