Dioxin / Dioxinum

[Roger]

Some of the symptoms listed here for Dioxin,
like facial paralysis, are not
in the Synthesis Rep for Dioxinum.

The second installment in a three part series on

dioxin from mcs-america.org
The September, 2004, assassination attempt of

Ukrainian Presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko

sent shock waves around the world. At

the time, Yushchenko was engaged in a bitter

political battle for the future of the Ukraine from

Russian dominance. Initial reports of poisoning by

dioxin were disbelieved. After all, who would use

dioxin as a murder weapon? While the world

speculated, Yushchenko was quietly secreted

away to an Austrian clinic where he remained for

weeks undergoing medical treatment. But for

what illness?

By early December, 2004, world speculation

turned to horror as photographs

http://blog.kievukraine.info/uploaded_i ... 714119.jpg

of the once dynamic leader of the Orange Revolution

were published through out the world.

The photo's spoke volumes

about the power

of the poison, dioxin.

Yushchenko had ingested

a near lethal

dose of the most potent

of all the dioxins,

2,3,7,8-TCDD. One

small drop of tasteless

dioxin, less than 1 milligram,

was all it took in

a bowl of soup to

swiftly bring disfiguring

disease to this once

handsome politician.

In the weeks following

the ingestion of dioxin

Yushchenko received

medical treatment for edema, pancreatis, facial

paralysis, back and abdominal pain, as well as a

novel detoxification treatment using Olestra, a fat

substitute widely used in American snack foods

to reduce calories.

But is it really possible to detoxify dioxin?

According to Raghav Chawla, a medical student at

the University of Lausanne, in a Pub Med Research

Paper

http://www.studentbmj.com/search/pdf/05/02/sbmj58.pdf

investigating the Ukrainian leader's poisoning,

"There is no regimen for TCDD detoxification.

Increased facial excretion, which already accounts

for up to 50% of overall elimination of TCDD,

may accelerate detoxification. This may be

achieved with Olestra, a dietary fat substitute that

is neither digested nor absorbed by the human

gastrointestinal tract."

"Rapid weight
loss can
redistribute these
carcinogenic
chemicals into
our brains and
other body
organs where
they may cause
irreversible
damage."
weight loss for chemically injured individuals
who carry high concentrations of dioxins and
chlorinated hydrocarbons in their body fat
and tissues. Rapid weight loss can redistribute
these carcinogenic chemicals into our brains
and other body organs where they may cause
irreversible damage. This study dramatically
illustrates both the biological dangers of dioxin,
and the hidden perils of detoxification of
chlorinated chemical compounds for everyone
of us.
Above all, the chemically injured population,
who often struggle with toxic edema following
a chemical exposure, and have a strong
desire to lose those extra pounds, may unwittingly
cause great physical harm to themselves
by choosing to restrict their diet in order to
lose weight.
As for Yushchenko, he went on to win the
election and is the current President of the
Ukraine. No one has ever been charged with
the crime of his attempted assassination.
Lucinda Hodges
A timely study conducted at the University of
Cincinnati School of Medicine, examined the
effects of dieting, caloric intake, and Olestra
on tissue distribution of chlorinated hydrocarbons;
a class of chemicals which includes
DDT, PCB's and dioxins. The study
http://ajpgi.physiology.org/cgi/content ... 288/2/G292
published in October, 2004, concluded,
"Combined dietary Olestra and caloric restriction
caused a 30-fold increase in the rate
of excretion of hexachlorobenzene relative to
an ad libitum diet or a reduced caloric diet
alone. Distribution of hexachlorobenzene into
the brain resulting from the restricted diet
was reduced by 50% by dietary Olestra." In
other words, the Olestra prevented one half
of the chlorinated hydrocarbon, hexachlorobenzene,
from being redistributed into tissues
in the body, including the brain, which is exquisitely
sensitive to chemicals.
The Olestra study has profound implications
for every human being on the planet, because
every one of us carries a body burden of dioxin.
The study also highlights the hazards of

Roger Barr

[Saeed Ch]

Thankyou Roger for the post and links.
DrSaeedCh


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