Of all the strange things in the recent presidential election, Michigan confuses me the most. After all, the Obama government saved GM and Chrysler from bankruptcy and Hillary Clinton voted for it.* The Federal government has contributed all sorts of aid to Flint, MI, to help their toxic water problem** in addition to the auto bailout. Hillary was also the earliest of politicians to visit Flint and is credited with helping to raise record donations from 1337 donors for the Community Foundation of Greater Flint.*** President Obama visited Flint and drank a glass of filtered water and said it was safe.**** Yet, Hillary lost to Bernie Sanders in the Michigan primary and lost the state in the general election.***** It is just weird.
It seems to me that the state of Michigan and Flint, MI, are ungrateful for all this administration and Hillary Clinton have done for them. Something that might have hurt Hillary was that she didn't waffle on her support of Pro Choice on abortion and went all out. There was considerable effort by Pro Life groups to turn out the vote.
* Hillary and the auto bailout
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/03/07/the-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-debate-over-the-auto-bailout-explained/
** Flint Fact Sheet on government involvement
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/05/03/fact-sheet-federal-support-flint-water-crisis-response-and-recovery
*** Hillary Clinton and the Flint, MI, lead rich water problem
http://michiganradio.org/post/beyond-talk-heres-what-hillary-clinton-and-bernie-sanders-are-doing-actually-help-flint
**** Drinking Filtered Water
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/obama-drinks-flint-water_us_572a4117e4b016f378947a5d
***** http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/11/detroit_flint_voting_muscle_we.html
Showing posts with label Flint Michigan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flint Michigan. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Thursday, January 28, 2016
LEAD POISIONING AND FLINT, MICHIGAN, WATER
I hear a lot of hysteria about lead in Flint. They say things like "You can't shower in bottled water." Well, lead is not a skin poison* so showering or baths should be no problem unless you drink the shower or bath water. When I was a child, we were told not to drink water from the hot water tap because it might contain lead. Apparently a lot of the plumbing in Flint is very old and probably needs to be replaced anyway. Modern plumbing uses PVC pipe and other plastic tubing in the homes.
Lead in blood does not have a long half life so just switching to bottled water should rapidly deplete lead in the blood. For a more permanent basis, lead and iron removing filters work well although not all filters remove lead so you need to check.
If that is not fast enough, then there is chelation therapy that works well using agents like EDTA.** Curiously EDTA at least used to be found in commercial salad dressing to preserve flavor. This strips all the heavy metals from your body, including essential ones. It may also be found in shampoos, body washes, deodorant and skin creams.***
The two main repositories of lead in the body are bones and kidneys. Bone is the major repository so children growing bone can take on a large lead burden that then leaks out later in life. A colleague of mine came from South Africa, and he found the lead in his blood had the isotopic composition of South African lead that is very distinctive. The effects of lead on the brain are above my pay grade and I refer you elsewhere.****
I heard on the Rachel Maddow show (where the Flint, Michigan, water-lead problem was brought to public attention), that a large part of the Flint water system has water standing in pipes averaging only about a day whereas in another large part it stands for an average of six days and is the area with the highest blood lead levels. She recently held a Town Hall in Flint (http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2016/01/27/rachel-maddow-flint/79424440/) In addition to lead poisoning, it is now suspected of causing legionnaires disease.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_poisoning
** If you have to know, EDTA stands for Ethylene-Diamine-Tetra-Acetic acid
*** http://naturallysavvy.com/eat/harmful-food-additives-in-salad-dressing
**** http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro00/web2/Patel.html
Lead in blood does not have a long half life so just switching to bottled water should rapidly deplete lead in the blood. For a more permanent basis, lead and iron removing filters work well although not all filters remove lead so you need to check.
If that is not fast enough, then there is chelation therapy that works well using agents like EDTA.** Curiously EDTA at least used to be found in commercial salad dressing to preserve flavor. This strips all the heavy metals from your body, including essential ones. It may also be found in shampoos, body washes, deodorant and skin creams.***
The two main repositories of lead in the body are bones and kidneys. Bone is the major repository so children growing bone can take on a large lead burden that then leaks out later in life. A colleague of mine came from South Africa, and he found the lead in his blood had the isotopic composition of South African lead that is very distinctive. The effects of lead on the brain are above my pay grade and I refer you elsewhere.****
I heard on the Rachel Maddow show (where the Flint, Michigan, water-lead problem was brought to public attention), that a large part of the Flint water system has water standing in pipes averaging only about a day whereas in another large part it stands for an average of six days and is the area with the highest blood lead levels. She recently held a Town Hall in Flint (http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2016/01/27/rachel-maddow-flint/79424440/) In addition to lead poisoning, it is now suspected of causing legionnaires disease.
Calcium Disodium EDTA
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, or simply known as EDTA, is a preservative found in many foods including sodas, sandwich spreads and sauces. EDTA is also found in many cosmetic products including shampoos, body wash, deodorant and skin creams. EDTA may cause allergic reactions, asthma attacks, skin rash and possible kidney damage. Studies have also found that sustained intakes of calcium disodium EDTA can lead to essential mineral depletion in dogs. - See more at: http://naturallysavvy.com/eat/harmful-food-additives-in-salad-dressing#sthash.1BO09aeT.dpuf
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, or simply known as EDTA, is a preservative found in many foods including sodas, sandwich spreads and sauces. EDTA is also found in many cosmetic products including shampoos, body wash, deodorant and skin creams. EDTA may cause allergic reactions, asthma attacks, skin rash and possible kidney damage. Studies have also found that sustained intakes of calcium disodium EDTA can lead to essential mineral depletion in dogs. - See more at: http://naturallysavvy.com/eat/harmful-food-additives-in-salad-dressing#sthash.1BO09aeT.dpuf
Calcium Disodium EDTA
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, or simply known as EDTA, is a preservative found in many foods including sodas, sandwich spreads and sauces. EDTA is also found in many cosmetic products including shampoos, body wash, deodorant and skin creams. EDTA may cause allergic reactions, asthma attacks, skin rash and possible kidney damage. Studies have also found that sustained intakes of calcium disodium EDTA can lead to essential mineral depletion in dogs. - See more at: http://naturallysavvy.com/eat/harmful-food-additives-in-salad-dressing#sthash.1BO09aeT.dpuf
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, or simply known as EDTA, is a preservative found in many foods including sodas, sandwich spreads and sauces. EDTA is also found in many cosmetic products including shampoos, body wash, deodorant and skin creams. EDTA may cause allergic reactions, asthma attacks, skin rash and possible kidney damage. Studies have also found that sustained intakes of calcium disodium EDTA can lead to essential mineral depletion in dogs. - See more at: http://naturallysavvy.com/eat/harmful-food-additives-in-salad-dressing#sthash.1BO09aeT.dpuf
Calcium Disodium EDTA
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, or simply known as EDTA, is a preservative found in many foods including sodas, sandwich spreads and sauces. EDTA is also found in many cosmetic products including shampoos, body wash, deodorant and skin creams. EDTA may cause allergic reactions, asthma attacks, skin rash and possible kidney damage. Studies have also found that sustained intakes of calcium disodium EDTA can lead to essential mineral depletion in dogs. - See more at: http://naturallysavvy.com/eat/harmful-food-additives-in-salad-dressing#sthash.1BO09aeT.dpuf
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, or simply known as EDTA, is a preservative found in many foods including sodas, sandwich spreads and sauces. EDTA is also found in many cosmetic products including shampoos, body wash, deodorant and skin creams. EDTA may cause allergic reactions, asthma attacks, skin rash and possible kidney damage. Studies have also found that sustained intakes of calcium disodium EDTA can lead to essential mineral depletion in dogs. - See more at: http://naturallysavvy.com/eat/harmful-food-additives-in-salad-dressing#sthash.1BO09aeT.dpuf
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_poisoning
** If you have to know, EDTA stands for Ethylene-Diamine-Tetra-Acetic acid
*** http://naturallysavvy.com/eat/harmful-food-additives-in-salad-dressing
**** http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro00/web2/Patel.html
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