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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

The HPV Shot


In the beginning of the school year, my daughter Mariah reminded me that the HPV vaccine was given out this year for the girls in her class.  She is in grade eight and is thirteen years old.  The HPV vaccine in Canada they use is Gardasil.  It is produced by Merck Frost Canada LTD., and was developed to target Cervical Cancer.
In Ontario, my province where I live about 500 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and 150 die from the disease annually.  So when I heard the vaccine was offered in school for free, I was all for it.  Of course I wanted to protect my daughter.
Then while on Facebook, one of my friends sent me a video about a girl that had severe reactions from the drug.  I watched in horror, as these once active teenager was so sick, she could barely leave her house.  There were numerous things wrong with her, and she was in tremendous pain.  I watched another video from the site about another teenage girl and her reaction from the drug was even worse.  She was once a very active girl that now can’t even ride a bike.  The back pain she describes is so tremendous; I just couldn’t imagine how she goes on.  There are times she has temporary paralysis and can’t even feel someone toughing her legs. She now takes daily medications for pain and nausea.
After seeing these videos I decided to research this vaccine more.  I got some literature and searched articles on the web.  What I found alarmed me.  As of August 2008, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) received 220 adverse event reports following Gardasil immunizations in Canada.  The PHAC has indicated that each report represented one or more adverse event.  In the United States it has been documented that at least 29 deaths and 10,000 adverse events related to the Gardasil vaccine have been reported.  It has been documented that the reactions range from severe headaches, dizziness, temporary loss of vision, foaming of the mouth, loss of consciousness, coma, paralysis, Guillian-Barr Syndrome, miscarriages, outbreaks of genital warts and death.
What concerns me is why aren’t parents given this information?  When the permission slip was sent home with my daughter to get the vaccine, the only information was what the vaccine was for.  Nowhere was any information given about the possible side effects.  How can parents make an informed decision if they are made aware of all the possible adverse reactions?
In reality this vaccine has only been formally tested for about four years.  It has not been tested to see if it can cause cancer, or if a young women’s reproductive health will be affected.  This long-term effects are completely unknown.  Therefore “I SAY NO” to this vaccine for my daughter.  I just can’t take the risk.  Of course as a parent I want to protect her, so I will make sure she is well informed about how important it is to have regular checkups and pap smears.
All I can say, it is a parent’s choice; just give us all the information to make this choice one we can live with.

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Did you know.................
50% of all illness is due to poor indoor air quality (Source: 1989 State of Massachusetts Study)
AIR FRESHENERS: interfere with the ability to smell by coating nasal passages with an oily film, or by releasing a nerve deadening agent! Toxins in air fresheners include: Formaldehyde: highly toxic, known carcinogen. Phenol: can cause skin to burn, peel, and sweat. Can cause convulsions, coma, circulatory collapse and even DEATH!

LIQUID DISH-SOAPS: is the leading cause of poisonings in the home for children under the age of 6 (over 2.1 million accidental poisonings per year) (contains formaldehyde and ammonia in most brands) One Million poisonings in Canada each year are due to household cleaner ingestion. Some are fatal. The #1 cause of household poisoning is dish detergent. What kinds of chemicals are in those products? http://www.rense.com/general19/chemical.htm

AUTOMATIC DISHWASHING DETERGENTS: contain dry chlorine that is highly concentrated. #1 cause of child poisonings, according to poison control centers.

CHLORINE BLEACH: is a strong corrosive and can burn or irritate skin, eyes and the respiratory system. Can cause vomiting or coma if swallowed! WARNING! Never mix with ammonia as the fumes are very dangerous and can be DEADLY!

AMMONIA: is very volatile and damaging to the eyes, skin and respiratory tract!

FURNITURE POLISH: contains Petroleum Distillates, which are highly flammable and can cause lung and skin cancer!

DRAIN CLEANER: most drain cleaners contain lye, hydrochloric acid or trichloroethane, which are all very caustic. They burn the skin and eyes, and can cause liver and kidney damage.

OVEN CLEANER: contain lye, which is a strong caustic and irritant to skin and eyes. Can cause tissue damage if swallowed.

TOOTHPASTE: can contain a number of harmful ingredients, such as: ammonia, benzyl alcohol/sodium benzoate, colors, ethanol, flavours, fluoride, formaldehyde, mineral oil, plastic (PVP), saccharin. Formaldehyde, mineral oil, PVP, and saccharin are all classified as carcinogens or suspected carcinogen, as is fluoride, which has been banned in many European countries and is the subject of concern with regard to thyroid problems. In fact, as of April 1997, toothpaste is required to carry poison control information on the label as even a small amount can harm or kill a small child.

Occupational Safety & Health analyzed 2,983 chemicals used in personal care products. A personal care product is de-fined as anything we use to clean our bodies, or make ourselves look or smell good.
The results are as follows:
884 are toxic
146 cause tumours
218 cause reproductive complications
314 cause biological mutation
376 cause skin and eye irritations
778 caused acute toxicity

Over the last 20-30 years, as more toxic chemicals have been introduced in greater amounts, the level of toxins stored in adipose tissues (fat cells) of our bodies has risen. Bio-accumulation studies have shown that some toxins store in our bodies for life. Greater and greater amounts are being stored at younger ages. Diseases that used to occur later in life are now appearing at younger ages. Diseases that used to be rare are more frequent. For Example: There has been a 28% increase in childhood cancer since the addition of pesticides into household products. (Source: National Cancer Institute)

In one decade, there has been a 42% increase in asthma (29% for men; 82% for women-the higher rate for women is believed to be due to women's longer exposure times to household chemicals) (Source: Center for Disease Control)

Due to the increase in toxic build-up in our bodies, including the toxic build-up of formaldehyde, dead bodies are not decomposing as fast as they used to. (Source: National Institutes of Health)

There is an increased risk for leukemia in children where parents have used pesticides in the home or garden before the
child's birth (Source: Journal of the National Cancer Institute)

Over 150 chemicals found in the average home have been linked to allergies, birth defects, cancer and psychological
abnormalities. (Source): Consumer Product Safety Commission

In most cases, however, you won't find much information on the label. There are no requirements of manufacturers to actually disclose what is in a product, and there is no regulation or enforcement. All of it falls under proprietary trade secret legislation.

Today, cancer is the leading cause of death for women ages 35-74. In 1901 cancer was considered a rare disease. Statistics show that only 1 out of 8000 people had cancer. TODAY, according to the American Cancer Society, 1 out of every 3 people has cancer. TODAY, 1 out of every 2 people has been touched by cancer. The fear of cancer is on every-one’s mind these days. So many forms of cancer and they all had to start somewhere . . .

How Safe is My Family?
This is the question that every parent should be asking themselves.

We have no choice but to breathe the air, eat the food, and drink the water; but we DO have a CHOICE of what we put on our skin and what products we have in our homes.

I know that I personally do not ever want to believe that I caused harm to my family, when I had the choice to change it. I’d love to help ensure a safer home for your family.

For more information on how to make your home a healthier place for you and your family please go to my website and I will call you with the information. I would love to help you have a healthier safer home!
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