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Using Nutrition for Intervention and Prevention Against Environmental 
Chemical Toxicity and Associated Diseases
Posted 04/19/2007
Bernhard Hennig; Adrienne S. Ettinger; Ronald J. Jandacek; Sung Koo; Craig 
McClain; Harold Seifried; Allen Silverstone; Bruce Watkins; William A. Suk


"Another interesting example of effective nutritional intervention is 
illustrated by the research of Hernandez-Avila et al. (2003), who have 
extensively studied environmental lead pollution as it affects the 
maternal and fetal health of populations in Mexico (i.e., women who have 
had moderately high cumulative lifetime exposure to lead). These 
researchers discovered that calcium supplementation was associated with a 
marked decrease in blood lead levels (Hernandez-Avila et al. 2003), as 
well as breast-milk lead levels (Ettinger et al. 2006) among lactating 
women over the course of lactation. Furthermore, calcium supplementation 
during pregnancy decreased maternal blood lead levels and reduced maternal 
bone resorption. These data demonstrate that nutritional intervention 
(e.g., calcium supplementation) may constitute an important secondary 
prevention effort aimed not only at reducing circulating levels of heavy 
metals such as lead in the mother but also at reducing lead exposure to 
the developing fetus and nursing infant."


Ann G. Cagigas, RN, MA, IBCLC
GSA Health Unit,  Room 1010
1800 F St., NW
Washington, DC 20405
202-219-1228
202-501-0028 (Fax)

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