Setting up Convergence & Eyesight

[newhallone]

My dad has lead poisoning. Not sure where he got the biggest dose of it. It's a cumulative thing. A simple blood test did not pick it up. For years they thought it was other things. He even went to Marshfield WI where they are supposed to know there stuff and they didn't get it. A local doc noticed my dad did not have vitamin D at all. So they did this special test and lo and behold lead was off the charts. He has to take kelation pills that pull it out of his blood and into his urine. But it takes everything else out too. so he takes all kinds of vitamins. Especially D. He has to get it special from some place. the amount of D he takes is unreal. So every month or so he takes these Kelation pills for about a week and inbetween the lead in the crevices of the body leeks out into the blood. So when they test it goes down but then goes up again when more lead seeps out into the blood from who knows where. Lead poisoning causes major nerve damage and pain beyond belief. I am surprised my father hasn't tried to end it. The pain is so bad he can't sleep which in turn makes him even more tired and causes more problems. So avoid lead at all costs.

[zenith2134]

Woah, I'm very sorry to hear about your dad's plights, guys. Unfortunate stuff seems to happen to good people....

I did a little more research on the net pertaining to EMF's and health, and boy do the opinions vary. Some feel that cellular phones, wireless internet, and satellite communications will be the ruination of society....While I am certainly not that extreme, I do try to limit my exposure to microwave (wifi) radiation and actually do not own a cell phone (haven't since 2004...) IMO, the whole "wireless world being harmful" debate is still in its infancy and it will likely be years before we find some solid evidence on what these waves can do to human tissue and the brain.

But yeah, lead is somthing to avoid at all costs. As was previously discussed, New York City is mandating the recycling of all CRT devices starting in 2010. Wouldn't want lead leeching into the water table! I'm sure there are enough toxins threathening the drinking water already.

After some thought and research, I am convinced that X-radiation exposure from old TV's is negligible and would only be a concern if you work on old tube-rectified sets day in and day out for years, like Bgadow noted.

Just don't want my poor vision to get much worse....