Vitamin & Minerals
Toxic
Element Clearance Profile
This test measures
urinary excretion of a diverse range of
potentially harmful elements, both notorious
toxics such as lead and mercury, as well as
new technology toxics such as niobium.
Included are essential elements that can
have toxic effects when excessive.
Toxic elements (ratioed
to creatinine):
- aluminum,
antimony, arsenic,
- barium, bismuth,
cadmium,
- cesium,
gadolinium, gallium,
- platinum,
rubidium, thallium, lead, mercury,
nickel, niobium,
- thorium, tin,
tungsten, uranium
- Nutrient
element: sulphur
The Toxic
Element Clearance Profile
offers an advanced,
comprehensive assessment of toxic and
potentially toxic elements excreted in
urine. In addition to measuring classic
elemental toxics, this profile includes
elements used in the medical, aerospace,
nuclear, and high-tech electronics
industries. Use of these potential toxins is
increasing because of their growing
commercial, industrial, and medical
applications.
Accumulations of
these toxics can occur in the human body in
response to occupational exposures or to
environmental exposures from toxic release
in air, soil, or industrial waste streams.
Metal refining, alloying, plating and parts
manufacture in the aerospace and machine
tool industries, fabrication of nuclear
reactor fuel assemblies, and especially
electronics and computer manufacture are
possible sources of exposure. According to
the EPA, the U.S. has the largest
electronics (including computer) workforce
in the world. Exposures to the measured
elements can occur in other occupations as
well: military or police service (with
weapons use), all types of welding and metal
shaping, plumbing, handling and disposal of
wastes, oil refining, petrochemical
production, and manufacture of pigments and
coatings.
Evidence suggests
that chronic toxic element exposure can
adversely affect respiratory, renal,
cardiac, hepatic and immune functions,
compromise cognitive and emotional health,
debilitate energy levels, impair neurologic
development and function, trigger
reproductive dysfunction, and increase the
risk of cancer and other degenerative
conditions. Moreover, as time elapses,
researchers are discovering detrimental
health effects of toxic heavy metals at
lower and lower exposure levels, raising the
issue of whether any toxic element level in
the body is safe.
The Toxic Element
Clearance Profile assesses urinary excretion
of elements acquired through either chronic
or acute exposure. The test enables
practitioners to effectively monitor the
progress of detoxification regimens
and nutrient element status during
treatment—a good clinical practice.
All toxic metals are reported as
micrograms/g creatinine or as micrograms per
24 hours (if a 24-hour urine specimen is
provided).
Urine can be
collected following the administration of a
"challenge" agent (such as EDTA, DMSA, DMPS,
and D-penicillamine) targeting specific
toxic elements. Depending on the agent
administered, urine collection may be spot
or short-term (2-6 hours), intermediate
(8-12 hours), or a complete 24-hour
collection. Since many detoxification agents
are element-specific, this approach is best
utilized when the clinician suspects
specific heavy metal toxicities.
"Post-provocation" urine analysis is
frequently used to confirm toxicity
suggested by the Toxic Element Exposure
Profile (hair).
This
test reveals important clinical information
about:
•
Urinary excretion of a diverse spectrum of
toxic elements and elements which are toxic
at excessive levels, for a total of 20
potentially toxic elements.
• The
need for and progress of detoxification
therapies
•
Levels of toxic elements ratioed to
creatinine, which provides enhanced accuracy
and more flexibility in specimen collection
(spot, short-term, intermediate, or 24-hour)
Pricing
| Description |
|
RRP
Price |
| Toxic Element
Clearance |
|
£75.00 |
| Nutrients & Toxic Metals |
|
£160.00 |
| Vitamin &
Mineral Profile |
|
£280.00 |
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