Are vaccination the cause or is it environmental issues?

Quoted from http://www.nvic.org/Downloads/49-Doses-PosterB.aspx

“An epidemic of chronic disease and disability is plaguing America. Our children are the most highly vaccinated children in the world and they are among the most chronically ill and disabled. Today, the Centers for Disease Control admits that 1 child in 6 in America is developmentally delayed. During the past quarter century, the number of children with learning disabilities, ADHD, asthma and diabetes has more than tripled. During the past quarter century, the number of doses of vaccines that pediatricians give babies and children under age 6 has more than doubled. More than twice as many children have chronic brain and immune system dysfunction today than did in the 1970’s when half as many vaccines were given to children.

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Today, the CDC and AAP direct doctors to give infants a dose of hepatitis B vaccine at 12 hours of age in the newborn nursery. Unborn infants are exposed to an additional dose of vaccine in the womb of their pregnant mothers, who are vaccinated for influenza. A two month old baby can receive as many as 8 vaccines on a single day. At age 15 to 18 months, a child can receive as many as 12 vaccines on a single day. Before and after birth to age six, children born today in the U.S. are given 49 doses of 14 vaccines.”

 

My thoughts…

While pollution, city environments, etc may also be a cause it is also possible vaccination are the leading contributor to this. It seems to me we either have the worst environment (I would think places like China would be much worse based on how much they had to do to make it suitable to hold the Olympics there) that is causing these issues OR it is the vaccinations that we are giving that is messing with the bodies to do as nature intended such as extract oxygen from air, learn, process sugar and insulin properly, etc.

Just the thought of giving my child that many vaccinations (49) just seems crazy to me by the time they are SIX. Consider in by the time a baby is six they will have lived 72 months and had 49 does of 14 vaccines. That just seems like a bad idea to consistently be putting toxins that are in vaccinations into my child.

Are vaccinations really mercury free? Why should I care?

The short answer according to no, not all vaccinations are mercury free, but for every type of virus listed there is a vaccination that available that does not have mercury in it  and not also not have any trace amounts of mercury. The good news is that the type of mercury in the vaccinations is believed to be more easily eliminated from the body even so and is much less in some cases than it was decades ago. The question is are those “trace” amounts safe or not. My analysis says no it is not safe, but either is the environment that we all live in with pollution, and fish with mercury in them.

Quoted from http://www.nvic.org/faqs.aspx

“Even though most of the vaccines routinely administered to infants in the United States no longer contain more than trace amounts of ethyl mercury in the form of Thimerosal, the entire vaccine supply is not Thimerosal-free. The most notable exception to this is the seasonal influenza (flu) vaccine. Most, but not all, influenza vaccine still contains Thimerosal. Notably, many vaccines used in third world countries are mercury containing and exceed safety guidelines established in the United States…

Information on vaccines that contain significant amounts of Thimerosal can also be found on the Food and Drug Administration's website and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Institute for Vaccine Safety website…

Depending on the vaccines administered, at six months of age, infants today born to mothers who received flu vaccine during pregnancy could receive up to 71 mcg of ethyl mercury compared to 187.5 mcg prior to efforts to decrease the amount of thimerosal in infant vaccines. Additionally, the new CDC guidelines recommend that all children from 2 to 5 years of age receive an annual influenza vaccine. As a result, the total amount of thimerosal given to children under 5 years of age is almost what it was prior to 2000.

There are other sources of mercury exposure in infants. Specifically, it should be recognized that influenza vaccine recommended for pregnant women and some rhogam preparations contain ethyl mercury in the form of thimerosal. Total mercury burden include other sources including dental amalgams (silver fillings), food especially some types of fish, and air pollution from coal-fired power plants and wildfires.

Concerns regarding mercury in vaccines were addressed in a letter published by the Journal Pediatrics on March 13, 2008. As noted in the letter, parents and pregnant women may want to consider the following data and make an informed decision.

• 0.5 parts per billion (ppb) mercury = Kills human neuroblastoma cells (Parran et al., Toxicol Sci 2005; 86: 132-140).
• 2 ppb mercury = U.S. EPA limit for drinking water.
• 20 ppb mercury = Neurite membrane structure destroyed (Leong et al., Neuroreport 2001; 12: 733-37).
• 200 ppb mercury = level in liquid the EPA classifies as hazardous waste.
• 25,000 ppb mercury = Concentration of mercury in the Hepatitis B vaccine, administered at birth in the U.S., from 1990-2001.
• 50,000 ppb Mercury = Concentration of mercury in multi-dose DTaP and Haemophilus B vaccine vials, administered 4 times each in the 1990's to children at 2, 4, 6, 12 and 18 months of age.
• 50,000 ppb Mercury = Current "preservative" level mercury in multi-dose flu (94% of supply), meningococcal and tetanus (7 and older) vaccines. This can be confirmed by simply analyzing the multi- dose vials.

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According to http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/SafetyAvailability/VaccineSafety/UCM096228#t2 not all vaccinations are mercury free.

“Thimerosal is a mercury-containing organic compound (an organomercurial). Since the 1930s, it has been widely used as a preservative in a number of biological and drug products, including many vaccines…

Thimerosal, which is approximately 50% mercury by weight, has been one of the most widely used preservatives in vaccines. It is metabolized or degraded to ethylmercury and thiosalicylate. Ethylmercury is an organomercurial that should be distinguished from methylmercury, a related substance that has been the focus of considerable study (see "Guidelines on Exposure to Organomercurials" and "Thimerosal Toxicity", below)…

Humans are exposed to methylmercury primarily from the consumption of seafood (Mahaffey et al. 1997). Methylmercury is a neurotoxin…

Lacking definitive data on the comparative toxicities of ethyl- versus methylmercury, FDA considered ethyl- and methyl-mercury as equivalent in its risk evaluation.

Magos concluded that ethylmercury, the mercury derivative found in thimerosal, is less neurotoxic than methylmercury, the mercury derivative for which the various guidelines are based…

At the initial National Vaccine Advisory Committee-sponsored meeting on thimerosal in 1999, concerns were expressed that infants may lack the ability to eliminate mercury. Further, mercury was cleared from the blood in infants exposed to thimerosal faster than would be predicted for methyl mercury; infants excreted significant amounts of mercury in stool after thimerosal exposure, thus removing mercury from their bodies. These results suggest that there are differences in the way that thimerosal and methyl mercury are distributed, metabolized, and excreted. Thimerosal appears to be removed from the blood and body more rapidly than methyl mercury…

At the time of this review in 1999, the maximum cumulative exposure to mercury from vaccines in the recommended childhood immunization schedule was within acceptable limits for the methylmercury exposure guidelines set by FDA, ATSDR, and WHO. However, depending on the vaccine formulations used and the weight of the infant, some infants could have been exposed to cumulative levels of mercury during the first six months of life that exceeded EPA recommended guidelines for safe intake of methylmercury.

As a precautionary measure, the Public Health Service (including the FDA, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the American Academy of Pediatrics issued two Joint Statements, urging vaccine manufacturers to reduce or eliminate thimerosal in vaccines as soon as possible (CDC 1999) and (CDC 2000). The U.S. Public Health Service agencies have collaborated with various investigators to initiate further studies to better understand any possible health effects from exposure to thimerosal in vaccines.

At present, all routinely recommended vaccines for U.S. infants are available only as thimerosal-free formulations or contain only trace amounts of thimerosal (≤1 than micrograms mercury per dose), with the exception of inactivated influenza vaccine. Inactivated influenza vaccine for pediatric use is available in a thimerosal-preservative containing formulation and in formulations that contain either no thimerosal or only a trace of thimerosal, but the latter is in more limited supply

Blood levels of mercury did not exceed safety guidelines for methyl mercury for all infants in these studies…

Thimerosal has been removed from or reduced to trace amounts in all vaccines routinely recommended for children 6 years of age and younger, with the exception of inactivated influenza vaccine (see Table 1). A preservative-free version of the inactivated influenza vaccine (contains trace amounts of thimerosal) is available in limited supply at this time for use in infants, children and pregnant women. Some vaccines such as Td, which is indicated for older children (≥ 7 years of age) and adults, are also now available in formulations that are free of thimerosal or contain only trace amounts. Vaccines with trace amounts of thimerosal contain 1 microgram or less of mercury per dose.

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For a list of vaccinations and their mercury levels by manufacturer, see table 1 for vaccination recommended for under age 6, and table 2 for an expanded list.

I’m not sure how to compare the ppm and ppb to the concentrations tables. It seems that even the trace amounts are not really safe.

After thinking back to my high school Chemistry class I figured out that I can figure out ppb.

Vaccine	Trade Name	Manufacturer	Mercury (μg)	Dose (mL)	ppb	Thimerosal Concentration
1990's Dtap	?	?	25	0.5	50000	0.00500000%
Dtap	Tripedia	Sanafi Pasteur, Inc.	0.3	0.5	600	0.00012000%
DT	N/A	Sanafi Pasteur, Inc.	0.3	0.5	600	0.00012000%
DT	N/A	Sanafi Pasteur, Inc.	25	0.5	50000	0.01000000%
Td	N/A	MassBiologics	0.3	0.5	600	0.00012000%
Td	Decavac	Sanafi Pasteur, Inc.	0.3	0.5	600	0.00012000%
TT	N/A	Sanafi Pasteur, Inc.	25	0.5	50000	0.01000000%
Influenza	Afluria	CSL Limited	24.5	0.5	49000	0.00980000%	Multidose package only
Influenza	Fluzone	Sanafi Pasteur, Inc.	25	0.5	50000	0.01000000%	Multidose package only
Influenza	Fluvirin	Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Ltd.	25	0.5	50000	0.01000000%
Influenza	FluLaval	ID Biomedical Corp of Quebec	25	0.5	50000	0.01000000%
Meningococcal	Menomune A, C, AC and A/C/Y/W-135	Sanafi Pasteur, Inc.	25	0.5	50000	0.01000000%	Multidose package only

So, by comparing the results found by nvic.org that say 2ppb is EPA water safety and 200 ppb is Hazard Waste level there isn’t a vaccine on my table that is safe according to those standards. Some people might say that we already have that much in our bodies. According to the EPA this is not the case, and in fact, the average person has .0058 which is orders of magnitude less than these vaccines have. Also, that same page from the EPA says that anything above .0001 of daily exposure will have adverse effects. Again, these number are WAY over that. Am I missing something. How are they considering these “trace” amounts and how can they consider them safe and if so by what standards is the FDA calling these “safe”.

After comparing the two source above, I concluded that trace is by no means a safe amount of mercury. However, if you pay attention to the manufacturer and trade name for a particular type of vaccination and also if it is a single or multi-dose package then you have non-mercury options available. See the tables noted above for a list of safe vaccinations and look at the ones that have 0 micro-grams/mL of mercury.

The bottom line is, pay attention to what vaccine your doctor is using and know exactly the details. I would recommend asking for the details BEFORE you are scheduled to get the vaccination.

BPA-free Coffee Makers (automatic drip)

After way too much research, I have concluded that if you want drip coffee from an automatic coffee maker WITHOUT BPA you are going to have to pay double. The choices are very few and far between. There are choices like some of the Keurig makers that are too expensive and designer for my tastes.
In general Cuisinart has lots of option. Most of their coffee makers don’t have BPA. The exception to this is some of the cheaper ones. So, I recommend you check their website. The coffee makers that are BPA free will say that they are.

The least expensive models they have that are BPA free are the following:
Cuisinart DCC-1200  -> $68.28 on Amazon
Cuisinart DCC-2650 –> $80.51 on Amazon
Cuisinart DGB-625BC –> $74.99 on Amazon
Cuisinart CHW-12  -> $71.73 on Amazon

Here is some else that has done research as well, and pretty much came to the same conclusion.
Please note, if you are willing to spend more time making your coffee, like a percolator, or like using a french press then there are different options. If you want an easy way to make BPA free coffee, you are going to have to shell out the money.

Chicken Soup recipe for fighting congestion

Devised by cold-and-cough expert Irwin Ziment, MD, who was chief of medicine at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center when he cooked it up, the soup gets much of its power from red pepper flakes. They contain capsaicin, known as a fast, effective decongestant. In addition, the hefty dose of garlic -- 30 cloves, although they cook down to produce a much milder, sweeter flavor than one would expect -- loads the soup with enough phytochemicals to give it infection-fighting powers.

Dr. Z recommends 1 cup three times a day, and inhaling the vapors is part of the prescription. Soon, you'll be breathing again.

Dr. Ziment's Garlic Chicken Soup

The spicier the soup, the better it will be at clearing your head, so be generous with the red pepper flakes -- just don't make the soup so hot you can't tolerate it.

2 quarts chicken broth
2 cups sliced carrots
2 garlic heads, about 30 cloves, peeled
1/4 cup minced parsley
1/4 cup minced cilantro
2 teaspoons lemon pepper
2 teaspoons minced fresh mint leaves
2 teaspoons dried basil, crushed, or 2 tablespoons fresh basil, minced
2 teaspoons curry powder
1 bay leaf
Dried hot red pepper flakes, to taste

Combine all ingredients in a stockpot; bring to a boil and simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes. Discard bay leaf. Puree in batches in a blender or food processor. Return to pot, stir well, warm if necessary, and serve, or freeze in small containers.

 

Why and how much…

Dr. Ziment's Garlic Chicken Soup

When drippy red noses are everywhere, it's time to make a big batch of Dr. Ziment's sinus-clearing Garlic Chicken Soup. We discovered this aromatic mixture while tracking down foods that double as medicine. Chicken soup was top of the list because pulmonary specialists have found that it actually helps clear the airways and reduce inflammation. But this spicy version is practically a wonder drug for head colds -- and it tastes amazing, especially if you love spicy food.

Devised by cold-and-cough expert Irwin Ziment, MD, who was chief of medicine at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center when he cooked it up, the soup gets much of its power from red pepper flakes. They contain capsaicin, known as a fast, effective decongestant. In addition, the hefty dose of garlic -- 30 cloves, although they cook down to produce a much milder, sweeter flavor than one would expect -- loads the soup with enough phytochemicals to give it infection-fighting powers.

Dr. Z recommends 1 cup three times a day, and inhaling the vapors is part of the prescription. Soon, you'll be breathing again.

Courtesy of RealAge.com

Things to consider before buying a bed.

We have a king.
king = 76x80 inches; California king = 72x84 inches
queen = 60x80 inches; full/double = 53x75 inches, and twin = 38x75

Don't buy unless 50% off list price...wait for a huge sale. Never pay full price. Look for misleading sales also. make sure discount is based on actual price of sale, not some inflated price.
Don't be afraid to haggle over the price.
Asking if the price is better on their website can sometimes prompt salesmen to give you a better deal or thrown in extras if you buy in the store.
Ask about delivery fees, trial periods, return policy, restocking fees, pick up fees.

Insist on a NO-SUBSTITUTE clause in the sales agreement in case the bed we order is out stock.

Ask about a fee for hauling away the old matress or is it included or not available.

Ask about return policy (periods and fees)
Expect to pay a fee for returning the mattress. As little as $60 but as much as 25% of the cost
Inspect before sign for the delivery.. broken slats, stains, tears, etc. Demand replacement.

Look for comfort guarantee. Some may be 2 weeks other a few months. Is it good for exchange or money back? Sears does charge for returns or exchanges within 90 days.

Don't count on warranties. Warranties are usually 10 years, but are not for

comfort or normal wear. They are for defects in materials or workmanship.
Ask if the warrantee is full replacement or pro-rated by the year.

More willing to bargain: Sleepy's and 1-800-Mattress, and some furniture stores

Start out with the least expensive bed from a few top brands, and work your way up in cost. Hint: Stores keep the priciest models up front.

Manufacturers usually modify innerspring mattresses for different sellers, changing the color, padding, quilting pattern, and so forth. Panelists who took beds home for a month-long trial rarely changed the
opinion they formed after the first night. We found that companies frequently pair the same foundation with mattresses in different price ranges. You can save by buying a higher-priced mattress and a lower-priced foundation.

Don't remove the tag from the mattress. It is not clear if manufacturers will honor the warrantee if it is not attached to the bed.

Inner Spring mattress
These are the least expensive. Try not to buy the cheapest one, but beyond that they should be good. 73% of the people who bought them are highly satisfied compared to 83 to 85% buyers of memory-foam or adjustable-air variety.

Ticking
This is the outermost layer of the bed. The pattern more than the material determines how it feels. A large quilt pattern provides a deep, cushioned sensation. A smaller pattern tends to feel firmer.

Coils
heavier gauge coils provide a stiffer suspension. Lighter gauge feel springier. All types (hourglass, continuous, individual pocketed, etc are all good.

Box spring
Consider buying a cheaper one if buying an extra-thick mattress consider a thinner box spring. Look for the same on on a cheaper model of bed to save money.


Topper
If you pick the right mattress you won't need to add one.

Brands
Sealy #1 sold... known for Posturepedic/back friendly. They use orthopedic doctors as consultants in the design of the beds and come with a certification from thh Orthopedic Advisory Board. Customers find it affordable as well. Posturepedics are designed for orthepedic support. It relieves pressure from
bodies through its push-back system which distributes weight away from our heavier body parts. They have firmer edges by design. They also offer the Comfort series that have the same benefits but for a cheaper price. The comfort series uses memory foam to relieve pressure and improve posture.

Simmons #2 sold...known for bowling ball to show its motion separation. fair to good durability, and good value for money, luxurious feel, good comfort. Used. Provides better support and comfort to the body than the other brands, and minimizes movement felt from partner. Middle of mattress begins to sink after some years of use.by Westin hotel chain and can be purchased for $1750 for King. Their best selling line if the Beauty Rest mattress that features comfort and undisturbed sleep even with a partner and is designed to achieve balance and proper posture by distributing your weight while you sleep. They also offer the comforpedic mattress.

Serta #3 sold... seems to have cheaper options as well. It is rated as 3/5 where the other two where 4/5. they seem to be lacking in comfort and durability says one review. Premature sagging after just one year so best for kids though (have a kids line). Used by Hilton. Shyreton Pillow Top Mattress is high quality at an affordable price and is very popular with customers. It is soft yet firm. Next in line if the Serta Perfect Sleep
mattress has two layers of comfort foam, and comfort zones to help blood circulation.

My least favorite would be Serta. I think Sealy would be best due to posturedic certification, and durability. However, the Simmons sounds good for the pocketed coils that make feeling of the partners movements minimal and comfort.

Everything except the last paragraph is copied or paraphrased from the following links:

http://www.bestmattressreviewer.com/sealy-mattress.html
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/mattresses/buying-guide.htm

Worst car buying experience at Mark Kia in Scottsdale, AZ

I bought a Kia Sorento two nights ago from Mark Kia and had the WORST EXPERIENCE in my life. Beware they are slippery, smooth-talking liars. 

You had better bring your accountant and lawyer with you to check the paperwork because these people are smooth-talking and by the time you get home it won't be what you expected. Be very careful that you understand 100% of the paperwork. Remember, NET trade-in is amount they are giving you for your car. If you have a amount to be paid off this needs to be subtracted from the NET amount to get the amount that will actually be applied towards your new car, not the NET amount. The way they use NET is backwards it seems to me. They seem to have Gross and Net mixed up. Also, if you trade in a vehicle (DON'T) they will give you an insulting amount for your car. For example, maybe 40 percent lower than what KBB says the TRADE-IN (not private sale) should be. I even used TrueCar.com to guarantee the price thinking

that would help. It would have if I didn't do the trade in. They were dazzled me with their non-intuitive lingo and tax return like financial paperwork. I can explain the financials in 10 lines, they take 3-4 pages of letter sized paper to describe it just so there is no way you can figure it out while you sit there signing paper after paper. After all this, I asked them to give me my trade-in back and they flat refused. They said they wanted me to be happy, but that is lie in my opinion. I asked them, if they would through in the extended warranty, but they wouldn't. They did take a $150 off though. The only problem is why in the world would I ever want to give them one more cent or ever see that dealership again. They are friendly as can be until they don't get their way. I can't stress enough, make sure you UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING. Come back the next day if you have to.

I am so embarrassed that I fell pray to their tactics. Why can't it be simple.
I guess I should have gone with the first person I met with. They at least seemed honest. Though who knows.

I had my good cry now.

Morning Exercise – Better Nighttime Sleep

If you love waking up with a smile on your face and saying, "Wowie, I just had an amazing night's sleep," here's a great way to get it more often: Exercise early in the day.

That's right. You've probably heard that exercise is important for deeper, more refreshing slumber. Totally true. A workout helps you nod off faster than some sleep drugs do (and it's way healthier!). Fit in some physical activity and you'll also have fewer of those annoying 3 a.m. wake-ups.

Conventional wisdom says that ending a workout 3 hours before bedtime is early enough to let your body and mind settle in for the night. But brain scans (can't argue with those!) show that morning exercise is even better. Compared with midday or early evening workouts, hitting the pavement, the pool, or the bike around 7 a.m. will help you spend 75% more time in deep sleep and let you cycle through the four stages of sleep more often. That's important because you need to hit all the sleep stages several times a night to keep your energy level high, your mind sharp, and your body lookin' good. (Check out other tips to get great sleep!)

Of course, there's more you can do for stellar slumber. In general, skip meals high in saturated fat meals, but especially at dinner. Avoid alcohol; it may make you feel sleepy at first, but it messes with deep sleep later.

Nix caffeine after noon; keep your sleep zone dark, cool, and comfy; and banish stress boosters from your boudoir (no bill paying, TV watching, or e-mailing while in bed!).

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