06/05/2025
When you start questioning and reading, you can find the answers that you never thought you’d find the answers to.
My dad was diagnosed with off-the-charts arsenic levels (yes, arsenic the poison). Nobody knew why this was but just said, “if you ever figure it out, let us know”. Well months went by and I finally came across a highly probable cause of the arsenic toxicity.
History lesson: Beginning in 1867, pesticides began to be used on crops. And these pesticides were made from a lovely concoction of lead and arsenic.
Rutland County, Vermont was the first major US outbreak of polio back in 1894. (Side note, polio patients were rarely tested for the poliovirus. But anyone who exhibited paralysis was deemed to have polio.)
Switch back to the lead/arsenic sprays on crops....the symptoms of lead and arsenic toxicity are paralysis.
Since they assumed the paralysis was from a virus, no one thought to look into the newly used pesticides. In Rutland Vermont (and all of New England), these sprays were mostly used on apple trees to prevent moths from taking over. (Even though those same pesticides haven’t been used since 1988, arsenic and lead are still found in soil samples in Rutland County.)
When I told my Dad this information (which, by the way, it just so happens that he grew up in Rutland County, Vermont while these pesticides were still being used), his answer back to me was “OMG, My father, brother and I picked apples every weekend during harvest season!”
(2nd side note about paralysis patients diagnosed during polio outbreaks...the major outbreaks of “polio paralysis” happened during the harvest seasons and there was a higher prevalence in New England 🤔)
While my dad fortunately has never experienced paralysis, I can’t help but ponder if his other symptoms that are chocked up to normal aging by medical doctors are actually related to arnseic poisoning. More digging, learning, healing and detoxing to come...
P.S. this is not an anti- vaxx post or denying polio, it’s just information that I find fascinating and disappointing at the same time.
