| ADHD is a very rapidly growing part of the health care | | | | The logic behind this is easy to follow. |
| industry. The symptoms are varied, including: irritability, | | | | When mold grows in the house, car or school, |
| hyperactivity and behavioral problems. Many kids are | | | | chemicals are given off. These chemicals are known |
| so affected that they require some pretty hefty drugs | | | | as mycotoxins. These mycotoxins cause many |
| to control them. | | | | different problems from cancer to dandruff. |
| I spoke at a medical conference in Denver in 2004. | | | | One class of mycotoxins is called neurotoxins. These |
| One of the other speakers was a pharmacology | | | | toxins affect the nervous system. They can cause |
| researcher. He brought up a statistic that indicated that | | | | hyperactivity, confusion and even allucinations. We had |
| kids on Ritalin [one of the prevailing drugs for ADHD] | | | | one home where the family saw rats. The pest control |
| tend to become addicted to methamphetamines. | | | | company said they had never had rats. We removed |
| On the radio the other day, NPR was talking about | | | | the mold and the rats went away. Hallucinations |
| giving these kids marijuana for the symptoms. | | | | caused by neurotoxins. |
| What are we doing to our kids? | | | | It is these mold toxins that can cause symptoms that |
| According to the Psychology Department @ the | | | | can lead to misdiagnosis. These toxins get into the |
| University of Tennessee, kids with TRUE ADHD | | | | body and mimic normal chemicals that have specific |
| average about 5-7% of a normal classroom. However, | | | | functions. These normal chemicals may tell the legs to |
| somewhere between 50% of kids in school today are | | | | move or tell the body when to calm down. If these |
| diagnosed and treated for ADHD. | | | | normal chemicals are bypassed or blocked by the |
| What does this tell us? There aren't as many kids with | | | | toxins, then weird things begin to happen in the child's |
| ADHD as we are led to believe. Why are we drugging | | | | world. |
| the kids without true ADHD? Because these kids are | | | | If your legs moved when you didn't want them to, |
| a behavioral problem. | | | | wouldn't you be a little hard to get along with? |
| Surprisingly, we find that when we get rid of mold and | | | | What is the cure? |
| toxic chemicals in a house, kids with ADHD in the | | | | [Let's get one thing cleared up first. Getting rid of mold |
| home tend to get better. Almost immediately they | | | | will not change kids with real ADHD.] Although, it may |
| have to go off their drugs. | | | | help. |
| Case file: We consulted with a school on the east | | | | Too much moisture or too little ventilation in the building |
| coast. The school had sick kids [sinus infections and | | | | causes mold. |
| ADHD] and teachers [sinus infections and cancer]. The | | | | 1. So dry out the house. Make sure the vents in your |
| school board chose to do nothing. The people on the | | | | attic andcrawlspace are open and working. |
| school board had an agenda that didn't include the | | | | 2. Fix leaks in bathrooms and kitchens. |
| health of the kids. | | | | 3. Insulate A/C ducts and water pipes. |
| Many of the parents took their kids out of school to | | | | 4. Get and use dehumidifiers to dry the air. |
| home-school. | | | | 5. Leave washer and dryers open when not in use. |
| Guess what? | | | | 6. Make the yard drain away from the house. |
| The kids with ADHD who were now being home | | | | Don't drug your kids. Cure their ADHD the natural way. |
| schooled, had to go off their Ritalin. | | | | Clean up yourenvironment. |