The Green Drink Conundrum:
Potential Thallium Exposure and Neurological Risks
By Julia Malkowki, ND, DC – Doctors Data Inc
Thallium (Tl) is a highly toxic heavy metal that has no physiological function. More toxic to humans than mercury, cadmium or lead, Tl is increasingly prevalent in the environment partly as a result of modern industrial practices and crop irrigation. Vegetables most heavily contaminated with Tl are the Spinacia and Brassica groups inclusive of spinach, kale and lettuces. Direct sources of exposure include cement dust, combustion of some types of coal and leakage of fracking wastewater from legal and illegal storage pits and wells. Unfortunately there is a man-induced omnipresence of yet another toxic metal that has great potential to diminish health and well-being.