We now have indications from the Netherlands that flame retardants bind in the same way as PCB does.

Mercury From Dental Amalgam
[from Christoph Reuss]: June 3, 1977
Mercury lowers body temperature in four ways:

• DIRECTLY AFFECTS THE THYROID GLAND'S FUNCTION (hypothyroidism).
• RENDERS THE EXISTING THYROID HORMONE UNAVAILABLE for the body's use, as it bonds to the thyroid hormone molecule receptor sites.
• Affects mitochondrial metabolic processes at cell level (cell's "heater").
• Lowers blood oxygen levels, as it bonds to the receptor sites on the hemoglobin molecule.

And of course it also affects "system function" and the immune system in general (T-cells etc.).

FOR DETAILS: Write the Wilson's Syndrome Foundation, P.O. Box 539, Summerfield, FL 34492, or phone 800-621-7006. Note: While I obtained the useful documents mentioned below last year without a problem, others have reported to me that in the past few months it has been difficult to get a response from these people. This is a voice mail answering system in which a recorded voice will ask you questions and wait a few seconds for your response. When you are through talking, after a few seconds, the recorded voice will ask the next question. There is a book for the patient: Wilson's Syndrome, Miracle of Feeling Well ($21.95 + $4.00 S&H), a Doctor's Manual for Wilson's Syndrome ($27.00 + $3.00 S&H), an Information Magazine of 16 pages ($4.00) and a Single Doctor Referral service (by zip code) for $3.00). The answer machine voice will ask for your Visa or Master Card number, so if you wish to order any of the above, have it ready. I've ordered the whole package...which also comes with an audio tape so if there is no physician in your location who knows about WS, and your physician is open to try this simple therapy involved, then he/she can review the Doctor's Manual and listen to the tape to get updated within an hour or two.....if no response here, try the Internet Server below for info.

Also try the Internet Server, AOL -- Health & Fitness category. Click on Illnesses & Treatment, then Allergies and Asthma, then the BHMN Message Boards under Allergies, Immune Disorders, then look under Wilson's Syndrome. Oh yes, be aware there is another medical condition called Wilson's Disease-- a genetic predisposition to store excess copper in the body and is not the one you want. The 'Cold Body Page' (7 pages +) is a very informative and interesting web site in this area is: http://www.mall-net.com/mcs/coldbody.html#Doctors , in addition you may wish to check out http://www.orthomed.com/wilsons.html

Please pass this information on, especially to those in the medical community. It appears that the majority of persons in the developed-technology countries may be suffering from at least a mild version of WS. This may result from a several-generation exposure to toxic elements in the breathing, eating, sleeping, and working environment which cause stress and affect thyroid gland and system metabolic function, e.g., a host of continuously accumulating chemical, electrical, magnetic, environmental and personal stress side-effects from our high -tech culture!! Further research efforts to determine healing applications are underway and I intend to be involved!.