Thoughts on Establishing a New Standard for Assessing Toxic Load in the General Population.

As documented now in several of my editorials, the primary causes of the chronic disease pandemic are the toxic metals, metalloids, and chemicals polluting the environment. The entire population is exposed and there are no control groups. Clinical efficacy requires recognizing how much of a patient's disease burden is due to toxins. In this editorial I propose a novel approach to assessing toxin load in the general population: determine who is exposed, use conventional laboratory tests to determine the amount of damage from the toxins, and finally, work with the patient to decrease exposure, measure specific toxins when appropriate, and increase toxin elimination.