Heavy Metal Toxicity

Selenium decreases the toxic effects of mercury, lead, cadmium, and other heavy metals. A period of drinking distilled water provides an opportunity to observe how the body functions without the baseline load of industrial and environmental toxins. The article distinguishes toxic metals from heavy metals because atomic weight does not determine biological harm. Toxic metals are elements with no biological benefit and high toxicity to living tissue. No long-term safety studies exist specifically examining chronic low-level heavy metal exposure from Apeel coatings on produce. The Environmental Working Group found over 270 chemicals in the cord blood of 10 tested newborns at concentrations potentially sufficient to cause disease, representing exposures occurring entirely in utero. Toxic metal exposure is chronic because repeated exposures add to tissue stores over time. Toxic metals such as mercury are among the substances that zinc must regulate and manage. BPA removes protective DNA methyl marks through hypomethylation, as demonstrated in the agouti mouse model and human epidemiology. When pesticides and heavy metals are present simultaneously, their combined inflammatory and cellu…