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Hello Friends I have kinda neglected this forum lately, mostly due to the fact that I have been concentrating on autism so much. Anyhow, here is some information that was just sent to me about childhood athsma and how it is on the rise. billyv5@yahoo.com Subject: Fwd: Childhood Asthma & Phthalates Thought you would be interested in this for in your forums "maybe" it fits Hell I don't know. Love ya Baby Squawmawmaw ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Vickie Queen Date: Feb 7, 2006 7:51 PM Subject: Childhood Asthma & Phthalates To: Neways Distributors Dust-Bustin' Phthalates Phound by Physicians To Phoster Asthma in Kids They're baaaaaaaaack. And they're just as unavoidably unphun (not to mention impossibly unpronounceable) as ever. We're talking about phthalates ("fuh-thow-lates"), a class of chemical compounds used in a wide variety of consumer and children's products. Phthalates have been linked to all kinds of unhealthy unpleasantness in the past. Now a study has connected them to the scourge of childhood asthma sweeping the nation. Childhood asthma has increased dramatically in the last 25 years. By some estimates, the incidence of the disease in children under 18 has doubled since 1982. Today, in fact, the disease is the leading chronic illness among children. According to a 2004 report from Harvard Medical School, between 1980 and 1994, the incidence of asthma among pre-school-aged children rose by 160 percent, over twice the rate at which it increased overall. Some 9 million children currently have asthma, or almost 1 in 13. The disease causes 14 million missed school days each year and $3.2 billion in treatment expenses. Researchers struggling to explain this inexplicable epidemic have turned their attention to the ever increasing amounts of chemical contamination in the environment as a possible cause. One such study was conducted by a team of Swedish, Danish, and American researchers. Using a case-control design (in which cases, or test subjects, that exhibit the outcome under investigation, in this case children with asthma, are compared with those that do not), scientists randomly selected 198 asthmatic children and 202 healthy children from a group of 10,852 children assessed as part of a different study in the Swedish county of Värmland. Dust, a primary destination of phthalates that escape from household products, was collected from each child's home and tested for several different kinds of phthalates. Researchers found an association between the levels of phthalates present in a home's dust and the incidence of asthma. Households with higher phthalate levels were more likely to contain children suffering from the disease. And a trend analysis showed that the greater the concentration of phthalates, the more severe the case was likely to be. Specifically, the study revealed that di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, or DEHP, was linked to asthma while butyl benzyl phthalate, or BBzP, was associated with rhinitis (inflammation of the nose) and eczema (an irritation of the skin). Phthalates are a group of industrial compounds widely used in a variety of common products. About 7.6 billion pounds are produced throughout the world each year. The largest use of these chemicals is as a plasticizer for polyvinyl chloride (PVC). In fact, almost 50% of all phthalates produced are used in PVC production. PVC and other plastic products, including many children's toys, rely on phthalates to keep them flexible. Without the addition of these plasticizers, such otherwise pliant materials would be fairly stiff and difficult to use for their intended purposes. Phthalates are also used as solvents in chemical formulas. In this role, they help keep other ingredients in a formula dissolved and dispersed throughout the product. This ability to keep a chemical product evenly mixed makes phthalates an ideal additive in things like cosmetics, personal care products, perfumes, inks, and insect repellents, among many others. Phthalates are also used in products like lotions to help them penetrate and soften skin. In fact, these chemicals are now used in so many products and in so many places that they've even begun to appear as contaminants in products that don't purposefully contain them. As useful as they are, phthalates have a peculiar problem: they are easily volatized, which means that at room temperature, they are readily able to migrate out of the product they're used in without any help. This includes solid products like plastics. Of course, you won't find bits of phthalate falling off your vinyl siding or oozing out of your hairspray. Instead, phthalates usually leave the products they're hiding in as vapors that then settle on surfaces and enter the human body via the lungs. The "new car smell" we're all so used to (not to mention the strange oily film on the inside of new car windshields), for example, is largely the result of phthalate vapors from vinyl dashboards and other parts evaporating into the air. When phthalates settle on household surfaces, they contaminate the dust that settles there as well. When this dust enters the body, all kinds of unhealthy effects can ensue. In addition to asthma, eczema, and rhinitis, scientists have linked phthalates to reproductive and developmental disorders, cancer, and organ damage. To keep these toxins out of your home and away from the adults and children living there, experts suggest taking these steps: • Don't buy any product that contains n-butyl benzyl phthalate or di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate. Similarly, avoid products that contain phthalic acid, phthalic anhydride, phthalic glycols, or any ingredient that starts with or contains the nearly rather alien letter combination "phth". Note, however, that many products that contain phthalates do not list them on their labels. So an ingredients panel free of phthalate references does not by any stretch indicate a phthalate-free product. Your best bet is to be wary of clear, soft flexible plastics (usually made with vinyl) and other vinyl products. Everything from shower curtains to children's toys, including teething rings and other similar products that are made from vinyl, contain phthalates. Before buying a soft plastic item, especially a toy, call the manufacturer and ask them to verify that the product is phthalate-free and uses other materials for plasticizing. • Use only 100 percent natural cosmetics and personal care products. Synthetic versions of these products are two of the leading sources of phthalates in the home. Chemical formula hair sprays, gels and mousses, antiperspirants and deodorants, nail polishes, and perfumes in particular should be avoided. Remember, however, that the world "natural" on cosmetic and personal care product labels is unregulated and can mean anything! • Use a HEPA vacuum on floors and surfaces, which will capture and contain the smallest particles of contaminated dust. Vacuum floors and upholstered surfaces at least once a week to avoid dust build-up. Vacuum or wash curtains and drapes frequently. • When dusting, don't use a feather duster or other similar tool. These simply stir settled dust back into the air where it can be more easily inhaled. Instead, use a slightly damp cloth and change it often. This will help you actually remove accumulated dust from the home rather than simply redistribute it. Statically-charged dusters that actually attract and hold dust rather that simply scatter it around can also be used with some success. Just be careful where you shake them clean! • Don't use conventional commercial spray cleaners or furniture waxes when dusting. These contain a wide variety of synthetic chemicals and pound for pound represent some of the most toxic cleaning products available. • Keep all your home's walkways and entrances free of dirt, soils, and other things that can get tracked into the house and converted to dust. • Make liberal use of welcome mats around doors to remove particles attached to shoes before those shoes enter your home. Clean and vacuum these mats regularly to make sure they don't become a source of dust themselves. • Consider asking guests and family members to remove their shoes whenever they enter your home, especially in urban areas. Shoes are one of the prime conduits by which pollutants enter the typical house. • Cut down on your clutter. Clutter not only attracts dust, it makes it harder to clean effectively. Whenever and wherever you can, store and display collections and knick knacks in glass cabinets or display cases. For a copy of the phthalates study visit http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/docs/2004/7187/abstract.html . May a smile follow you to sleep each night,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and be there waiting,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, when you awaken. Sincerly, Bill Vanderbilt Mental Health And Political Forums http://community.adlandpro.com/forumShow.aspx?ForumID=8212 http://community.adlandpro.com/forumShow.aspx?ForumID=9637 http://community.adlandpro.com/forumShow.aspx?ForumID=8259 http://community.adlandpro.com/forumShow.aspx?ForumID=13254 http://community.adlandpro.com/forumShow.aspx?ForumID=11791 Business Forums http://wv0079721.betteruniverse.com http://www.ourpowerforcedmatrix.com/team.php?UID=10561

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HI Bill, Thanks for the information. Mental illness can be devestating. I have worked with dually diagnosed adults and mentally ill teens so I can relate to what you are talking about. God bless you! Carla :)

Hello Carla and Philena. Thanks for stopping by and posting your thoughts. I have just run across an article about the way our children are being misdiagnosed as having mental illness when they are actually just reacting to dietary habits. This new Teen Screen Program seems to be yet another way for the government to interfere more in our personal affairs and funnel more money to the big drug companies. It is a strange world we live in today. There are many foxes wearing sheeps clothing. TeenScreen Calls Physical Illness a Mental Disorder Kenneth Thomas The symptoms of "mental illness" are real. Many of them can be caused by genuine physical illnesses and treated with medical (non-psychiatric) means. The diagnosis of a "mental disorder" generally means that the patient's symptoms will now be glossed over with dangerous mood and mind-altering drugs. Now TeenScreen is pushing these diagnoses into our schools, targeting children as young as nine years old. Our children deserve better treatment. I am a Registered Nurse with 29 years of experience. I've worked in the critical care units, emergency rooms, medical-to-surgical units, and even psychiatric units. Based on my direct observation and experience, many of the patients I've seen with so-called “mental illness” actually have underlying physical conditions that are easily treatable by medical, non-psychiatric, methods. Even “mental health” screening programs like TeenScreen routinely mis-diagnose genuine physical illnesses as “mental illness”. “Anxiety disorder” is a good example of this. A certain list of symptoms prompt a psychiatrist to dish out Prozac, Xanax, Ativan, Valium, Zoloft, etc. No medical testing is necessary for a psychiatric diagnosis. Yet these symptoms - unknown fear, anxiety stomach, disorientation with the sensation that the body is going to die, sweating or clammy hands are also all symptoms of hypoglycemia, which simply means low blood sugar. A friend of mine, also a nurse, was sent home recently from work because she was "acting erratically" and didn't seem to know where she was. After thorough medical testing, she found out that she has hypoglycemia. She had been suffering with that undetected condition on and off for 15 years. She had been through the whole regimen of expensive anti-anxiety medications in attempts to treat it. After the actual cause of her symptoms were located, she changed her eating habits, the symptoms did not return and no drugs were needed to handle this condition. In my work, I have seen first hand the finding of heart valve prolapse, which had gone undetected for years in some women. This condition causes the sensation of rapid heartbeat, fluttering in the chest, sweating and anxiety. These are the symptoms of "panic attacks" and many of these women had been treated with anti-anxiety drugs. These are cases of actual undetected physical illness being passed off as “mental illness” for months or years, only to eventually find that there is a REAL cause and it can be treated and resolved. Half the battle today is the false advertising of psych drugs to treat chemical imbalances in the brain. A theory only with no clinical evidence, patients are put on mood-altering drugs at the whim of a psychiatrist or medical practitioner. The elderly in our nursing homes are regularly put on anti-depressants for their "depression". Most of them lived 7 or more decades without drugging away their blues. If you had just been taken from your home and put into an unfamiliar place confined to bed or wheelchair, wouldn’t you be upset? Frankly, I would. Any loss of personal freedom tends to bring people downward emotionally. There are many ways to help an elderly person gain more independence and have some autonomy even in restricted conditions such as these nursing homes and rehab centers. Most of these elderly just need someone to talk to, not another pill. I have personally observed and spoken with many parents about their children’s’ diets. I found that most parents with kids on Ritalin, Adderal, Concerta, or any other drug given to treat “attention” disorders, have no clue how refined sugars affect their kids’ hyperactivity. I have watched in dismay as mothers in grocery stores give their youngsters candy in hopes that they will be quiet until the shopping is complete. She is likely to have a yelling, out-of-control brat in 30 minutes for all of us to enjoy as well at the check out line. This is a known effect of blood sugar levels and food allergies/sensitivities. Some hyperactivity in kids, including the inability to concentrate, can be reproduced at will with food. Most kids with this condition have food allergies that prompt them to feel frantic and ill. Being young and unable to voice their physical discomfort, they go from play item to play item, get moody and irritable, and basically try to work off the effects of the food with activity, high amounts of it. TeenScreen and other screening programs are infiltrating schools and other institutions testing children for symptoms of “mental disorders”. Those teens who answer yes to such broad questions as “Have you often felt very nervous when you've had to do things in front of people?” are likely to get a life-long label and a prescription, without any proper medical testing or even an inquiry about their diet. Those are my observations of so-called “mental illnesses”. Many, if not all, can be found to have physical causes and can be handled in ways not requiring glossing over with dangerous mood and mind-altering drugs. Our population, especially the elderly and the children, deserve better treatment. 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