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Natural Science Forum / Biology / Biology / December 2006does cigarette smoking alleviate mercury or metal contaminates of the body; smokers do not get Alzheimers
A curious oddity, I wonder if smokers get Alzheimers? Or whether smoking parents do not get autistic children? I have posted a theory on Alzheimers, Parkinsons, Autism, Schizophrenia, and Prion saying that they are caused by heavy metals such as mercury and other metals. But I was wondering whether smokers seem to rarely succumb to these diseases? And if that is true in part or whole, what is it about smoking that would link it to these diseases? Would smoking act as a chelator of heavy metals such as mercury? Archimedes Plutonium www.iw.net/~a_plutonium whole entire Universe is just one big atom where dots of the electron-dot-cloud are galaxies I looked it up and found the BBC Health unit made a survey and found that smokers run twice the risk of contracting Alzheimers or dementia than nonsmokers. So I make a 180 degree turn around and ask whether tobacco and cigarettes contain mercury? That question is not far fetched because coal burning releases mercury into the atmosphere. So why not tobacco burning releasing mercury and other metals? I guess I have another question to Google search for. Archimedes Plutonium www.iw.net/~a_plutonium whole entire Universe is just one big atom where dots of the electron-dot-cloud are galaxies Well I did a quick search and found this website to answer the question. --- quoting http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/pubs/contaminants/mercur/q18-q27_e.html 26. How much mercury is released from cigarette smoke? Cigarette smoke contains up to 11.5 nanograms of mercury per cigarette in mainstream smoke and up to 16.6 nanograms of mercury per cigarette in side stream smoke. Q27. What is the source of mercury in cigarettes? Mercury is taken into the plant primarily by the growing root and subsequently translocated to the leaves along with other nutrients. Mercury exists in the tobacco plant as a result of its deposition from the air, combined with the soil uptake of mercury. It is released in tobacco smoke as the cigarette burns, and exposure to tobacco smoke contributes to the total body burden of mercury. --- end quoting --- So now I have a new question and a new Google search to make. I wonder if any survey was done on families of autistic children whether the home has a smoker? And whether Schizophrenia occurs most often in a home environment where there is alot of smoking? Archimedes Plutonium www.iw.net/~a_plutonium whole entire Universe is just one big atom where dots of the electron-dot-cloud are galaxies > Well I did a quick search and found this website to answer the > question. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > home has a smoker? And whether Schizophrenia occurs most often in a > home environment where there is alot of smoking? What are you trying to prove? If tobacco plants take in mercury (I don't see why, they have no use for it), so do potatoes, tomatoes, spinach and a lot of other vegetables. The chances of getting any mercury in your body thru smoke are very small compared to eating leaves or fruit because a. you do not digest smoke, b. most of the smoke from a cigarette escapes and c. mercury is so heavy it would fall like a brick when released. Even if "Q27" is correct, the vegetables and fruits - and drinking contaminated water - will provide much more mercury, so you'd better investigate if schizophrenia and altzheimer occur more frequently among potatoe and salad eaters. I personally smoke cigars in astonishing quantities for more than half a century now and still have not collected enough mercury to make a thermometer. My problem is what to do with the empty boxes. > What are you trying to prove? If tobacco plants take in mercury (I don't see > why, they have no use for it), so do potatoes, tomatoes, spinach and a lot [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > century now and still have not collected enough mercury to make a > thermometer. My problem is what to do with the empty boxes. My theory about Alzheimers, Parkinsons, Prion, Autism, Schizophrenia are caused by heavy metals such as mercury in combination with other metals in the body. Mercury in food in small amounts is not harmful and the body has means of removal. However, mercury from the hot tip of burning tobacco is transformed into toxic mercury of methyl and other forms of mercury. So the mercury from smoking is exponentially more toxic. But I need the data of surveys as to whether families where autism or schizophrenia occur, whether there is a correlation to heavy smoking in that household. I have mercury amalgam in my teeth which is a gigantic amount of mercury, but it is not harmful because my own body has means of removal of that mercury in that form. But my body cannot remove that methyl or ethyl or heat transformed mercury from smoking. So you see the difference. Archimedes Plutonium www.iw.net/~a_plutonium whole entire Universe is just one big atom where dots of the electron-dot-cloud are galaxies > My theory about Alzheimers, Parkinsons, Prion, Autism, Schizophrenia > are caused by heavy metals such as mercury in combination with other [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > transformed into toxic mercury of methyl and other forms of mercury. So > the mercury from smoking is exponentially more toxic. The word 'thermolabile' pops up. I studied chemistry only briefly and long ago, but remember that organic Hg compounds were classified as highly toxic, but quickly desintegrate when heated or even when subjected to daylight. Since metallic Hg has never been observed in nature, which form do you think it has when plant roots collect it? My bet would be HgS. > But I need the data of surveys as to whether families where autism or > schizophrenia occur, whether there is a correlation to heavy smoking in [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > So you see the difference. Some 30 odd years ago a blackmailer/terrorist injected oranges from the israeli 'Jaffa' brand with mercury, collected from broken thermometers. It got wide media coverage in Europe and scared the sh.t out of many people. Not much later, dentist started excavating amalgam fillings and replaced them with the 'much safer' cyanomethacrylate compound, now found in virtually every human mouth. The amalgam fillings are not quite harmless: they contain Ag that reacts with S from eggs and then slowly dissolves and enters the digestive tract. There is also electrolysis if other metals like gold are present, initiating very complex chemical reactions.In the presence of hydrocarbons and organic acids I could imagine that toxic Hg and Ag organic compounds are formed. > Some 30 odd years ago a blackmailer/terrorist injected oranges from the > israeli 'Jaffa' brand with mercury, collected from broken thermometers. It [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > very complex chemical reactions.In the presence of hydrocarbons and organic > acids I could imagine that toxic Hg and Ag organic compounds are formed. But the human body does have a means of removing small amounts of heavy metal. I am testimony to having mercury fillings which have not harmed me during my lifetime. But what is important is that there are forms of mercury such as ethyl or methyl mercury for which the human body is hugely harmed. The last time I was on this topic (many months back) I explored where in the USA mercury in the environment in toxic ethyl and methyl are found and around Utah, Colorado where coal fired power stations abound and where Utah gets the westerly winds off of Nevada which still allows mercury air pollution. And would you not know it-- Utah has one of the highest rates of Alzheimers, Prion, Parkinsons, Autism and Schizophrenia. I suspect that big cities have a higher rate of these 5 diseases because of the cigarette smoking within those cities. I suspect that a fresh newborn baby in a crib, if a smoker stood over the baby and the one cigarette is enough of mercury poison that the baby could and would contract Autism. Perhaps a baby brought into a home where there is constant cigarette smoke in the air has the highest rate of contracting Autism. And then there is the cases of where pregnant women who smoke and offer one of the highest rates that their baby will get Autism. Archimedes Plutonium www.iw.net/~a_plutonium whole entire Universe is just one big atom where dots of the electron-dot-cloud are galaxies >A curious oddity, I wonder if smokers get Alzheimers? Or whether >smoking parents do not get autistic children? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >smoking that would link it to these diseases? Would smoking act as a >chelator of heavy metals such as mercury? Maybe they just die of smoking-related diseases first! >Archimedes Plutonium >www.iw.net/~a_plutonium >whole entire Universe is just one big atom >where dots of the electron-dot-cloud are galaxies > Maybe they just die of smoking-related diseases first! When I read the bulk of Archie's posts, I wonder what he's been smoking ;) Frank > > Maybe they just die of smoking-related diseases first! > > > When I read the bulk of Archie's posts, I wonder what he's been smoking > ;) > Frank ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Archie P does the same thing in other NG's. He replies to his own posts and keeps changing the subject. He started off with the connection between smoking and alzeimers plus autism. Then in the very next post he switches to mercury toxicity ! I really want to know if smoking DOES protect against altzeimers. As for autism, the literature I have read states that autism is primarily caused by the defective sperm of older men.... men who concentrate on their professions first and then have children later in life. Cheers, David H ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> > Maybe they just die of smoking-related diseases first! >> > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >men who concentrate on their professions first and then have >children later in life. I think that's a misstatement. There is some evidence that autism may be more common in children of older parents, but that's not the same as saying that it's *primarily* caused by older parents having children. -- David Wright :: alphabeta at prodigy.net These are my opinions only, but they're almost always correct. "If George Bush were my dad, I'd be drunk in public so often that James Baker would have me killed." -- Bill Maher on the Bush twins Never mind what causes illness , the cure is Natural competition . In one short generation ,all imperfect genes would vanish , 6 billion people would live out their lives , die natural , And only a few of the richest people would create children , Perfecting the gene pool in only 60 years . Natural competition occurs naturally when you free the best humans .. Contrary to what your govt propoganda says ! |
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