Heavy metal toxicity is a very general subject and people experience widely varying symptoms in response to heavy metal poisoning. Remember we “all” have a varying levels of heavy metals within our system.
Ways in which we could be exposed to heavy metals
- The air we breathe (pollution)
- Fluoride
- Cigarettes
- Car batteries; rechargeable batteries
- Water (i.e.; there’s fluoride in almost all bottled water)
- Mercury fillings (amalgam)
- Cosmetics (Northshore Naturopathic carries an natural cosmetic line, including skin rejuvenation products)
- From our mothers (while a fetus)
- Breast milk (while nursing)
- Fish and shellfish
- Industrial work environments
- Stainless steel pots, etc.
- Dyes
- Pesticides
- And many more