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Autistic Disorders in Colorado
- Richard P. Rebman (8 August 2005)
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Richard P. Rebman, Environmental Health Specialist Renegade Research
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Chronic Wasting Diseases In People and Other Animals Scientific and criminal reasons exist for these diseases. The root cause of the types of CWD in Colorado and Wyoming is the ingestion or inhalation of mercury. Mercury is emitted by coal-burning power plants and is not being monitored or controlled. This elemental mercury is oxidized by ozone and removed from the air by rain and snow so drought allows the mercury to travel outside the endemic area. It is found in the air, water, soil and all life downwind of the polluting plant. Dr. Dennis Gersten provides the best evidence (1) that mercury causes chronic wasting diseases in people and other animals with similar organs and nervous systems. He states: “Mercury can be a causative or contributing factor to almost every disease”. People and other animals may be tested for heavy metals by the “provocative challenge test for toxic elements” detailed in this reference. The Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility provides the best evidence (2) for mercury's neurotoxicity and the tragic human consequences of absorption. Colorado has 12 active coal mines and 14 coal-burning power plants spewing out mercury, lead, manganese and other heavy metals. The worst is the Raw Hide power plant north of Fort Collins -- Mercury's attacks on immune systems are causing the acute and chronic insect, animal and human diseases downwind. These emissions are causing the alcohol, meth and health problems as well as sex crimes (lead) and rage/hate crimes (manganese). Federal, state and Xcel energy officials are aware (3) of the toxic effects of Western coal such as autism (2), Mad Cow (4), mutations (8,9,10), learning disabilities (2), chronic illnesses (1), birth defects (3) cancers (2,3,4,7), and the violence (2). Kentuckians diagnosed with a type of CJD had one thing in common; they all ate squirrel brains (5). Area coal mine drainage was entering local streams. Depending on the mine location, coal can contain any of about 100 heavy metal isotopes. When coal dust/ash is inhaled, it can cause Black Lung. When mine drainage is ingested and absorbed by the brain, it can cause CJD. The currently accepted cause of CWD and CJD is that some unknown factor produces prions which in turn attack the brain and become infectious to others of that species. This 21-year-old Nobel Prize- winning Prion Theory was cobbled together by Colorado and Wyoming medical, science and veterinary academia to: (a) Continue the cover-up of massive environmental (6) and public integrity (7) crimes. (b) Divert public attention from the industrywide contamination of supermarket meat, poultry, eggs, milk, fish and produce by lead, manganese (suicide, xenophobia, Parkinson's), salmonella, listeria, E. coli, and endocrine disrupters such as mercury, molybdenum (Alzheimers), coal and diesel smoke that can alter the sex (8) and genes (9,10) of the unborn -- human and animal. References (1) "Mercury and Chronic Illness", http://aminoacidpower.com/mercury/MercuryOverview.html. (2) In Harm’s Way: Toxic Threats to Child Development, http://www.igc.org/psr and http://monitor.net/rachel/r712.html. Also see "Poisons", National Geographic, May 2005, p. 4 -- "The Chemistry of Violence", Popular Mechanics, April 1998 -- "Deadly Immunity", Rolling Stone. com and Salon.com, with corrections to June 30-July 14, 2005, article in the magazine. (3) "Home, Toxic Home: The Stuff Giving You Cancer Is Right Under Your Nose", Boulder Weekly, February 21, 2002. “Kirk Mills, pollution control specialist for Colorado Department of Health says ‘Highly toxic and very long-lasting Mercury is associated with a host of health problems as well as horrifying birth defects.’ ‘Coal-burning plants in Colorado and to the west release Mercury into the air. The State is home to 14 coal-burning power plants’.” (4) "Mercury, Mad Cow and Meatpacking in America", Report to EPA 03/31/04 and the EPA Inspector General 02/05/05. Receipt from IG's office dated Mar 22 2005. (5) "Squirrel and Man", The New Yorker, July 17, 2000 (6) "Mercury Taints Fish: EPA Study Links Toxic Buildup at 2 State Reservoirs to Coal-Fired Power Plant Fallout", Rocky Mountain News, July 9, 2001, p. 5A. There are eight Colorado reservoirs identified as being toxic, including three on the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, downwind from Denver's power plants. The only fish I eat is canned Alaskan Salmon. (7) "The Secrets of Fire", Audubon, May-June 2001, p. 30-34. “Preliminary results from their research suggest that wildfire is a ‘huge’ source of mercury pollution, Radke says.” NCAR atmospheric scientist Lawrence Radke was part of a NCAR-Forest Service team. They determined that mercury was coming from the soil and from the trees. This would explain why working in sawmills causes nasal/sinus cancer - “wood dust” has been added to the NIEHS list of carcinogens. (8) Our Stolen Future, Theo Colburn, Dianne Dumanoski and John Peterson Myers, Plume, 1997, ISBN 0-452-27414-1 (9) "Industry Facts & Figures: Mercury Mapped", Today's Chemist at Work, March 2002, American Chemical Society (10) "Mercury Rising", Boulder Weekly, February 3-9, 2005. Mercury is a mitochondrial mutagen and a crosslinking agent. See "Cell Mutations Spark Aging", Discover, January 2005, p. 58. This ancient and global gas is the primary cause of aging. Rich Rebman Environmental Health Specialist Renegade Research 3380 Moorhead Ave. Boulder, CO 80305 TEL/FAX 303-499-1642 |
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