Question from Diana
I’m a mother of a 7 year old non-verbal autistic boy. I discovered your book Home Safe Home through a biomedical support group in Central Ohio that I’m a part of. Most parents that pursue biomedical intervention also known as DAN! (Defeat Autism Now!) are always looking for the sources of the toxins our children are exposed to so that we may eliminate them (for example: we know that new carpeting is a huge source for antimony – a lot of families we know are having their carpet removed and we’re looking into the wool carpet). We are doing periodic toxin screens (urine and/or fecal). These are the metals that our children our being tested for:
It would be very helpful for me and other families in our situation if we could search for a toxin and find a list of sources that we may change. In our case, our son is pulling out an unbelievable amount of cadmium. It’s almost maxed out. He’s very toxic in this and we are trying to isolate some sources, but we can’t seem to find it as of yet.
Please let me know if you know of a site, book, etc. that would be beneficial for our family and others like ours.
One final note, your book Home Safe Home has completely changed our lives for the better and we thank you. Our whole family has benefited from your time and effort into researching, writing, and publishing of your book. We are eternally grateful!
Debra’s Answer
I will add these metals to my list of toxic substances to avoid and work on compiling some lists.
In the meanwhile, readers, if you know of any resources on these metals, please post them.
