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ArticleIntegrative medicine (Encinitas, Calif.)2025

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

Joseph Pizzorno

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Article in Integrative medicine (Encinitas, Calif.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Environmental Neurotoxins Are Driving the Neurodegeneration Panpidemic.Integrative medicine (Encinitas, Calif.) · 2025
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Joseph Pizzorno

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Abstract

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.

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PMID39896827
PMCPMC11778318

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