Aluminum – Al
- Least toxic mineral listed here.
- Sodium aluminum phosphate – emulsifier in processed cheese.
- Potassium alum – whitens flour
- Sodium Silicoaluminate/Aluminum calcium silicate – added to table salt to prevent caking
- Aluminum pots, pans, foil leaches in to food, especially with acidic foods
- Aluminum salts in aniperspirants may clog underarm lymphatics causing breast problems
- Antacids
- Children’s aspirin
- Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, brain and senility syndromes
- Hair analysis better way to measure
- To remove from body – oral chelating agents (DMSA and DMPS)
Arsenic – As
- equally toxic as nutrient required
- Arsenate and aresenite
- Hair and blood analysis to measure
- in soil and in the ocean
- Number One toxin in the US in previous years
- Increase free radicals and damage genetic structures
- Cotton gin most dangerous occupation – heavy arseno-pesticide residues
Cadmium – Cd
Lead – Pb
Mercury – Hg
Antimony – Sb
Barium – Ba
Beryllium – Be
Bismuth – Bi
Bromine – Br
Thallium – Tl
Uranium – U