[Rockhounds] Iron / Toxic minerals / health hazards

[Axel Emmermann]

Most acute iron-poisonings come from children that found a stash of iron
pills from a relative and thought it was candy.

More rare are cases of health fanatics who combine so much food supplements
and probiotics that the combined iron intake is greater that their needs.

Axel

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> Van: rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com 
> [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com] Namens Erich Kern
> Verzonden: zondag 30 maart 2008 2:24
> Aan: J Bryan Kramer; Rockhounds
> Onderwerp: [Rockhounds] Iron / Toxic minerals / health hazards
> 
> 
> Bryan,
> 
> The reason I took 100 mg of iron sulfate (and extra vit. 
> B-12) daily, a year ago, was due to blood lab tests showing 
> below normal red cell count, hemoglobin and hematocrit. I had 
> another lab test done 3 months later which showed an 
> improvement into the center of the normal range, and 
> discontinued the FeSO4 a month later. 
> 
> I had open heart, aortic valve replacement surgery last Feb. 
> No bypass needed, arteries are clean. I have more stamina 
> than I've had in ten years, field trips and mowing the lawn, 
> etc. and will be 70 this year. 
> 
> So, I agree with you, that to take an iron supplement of that 
> dosage without blood lab tests would be foolhardy. I was 
> going to send this just to you, but will send to the whole 
> list, just in case someone takes iron supplements without 
> testing to check blood levels. Excessive iron would be iron 
> which cannot be used to make red blood cells, and is 
> eventually toxic to the liver. 
> 
> Erich Kern
> Murrieta, CA
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: J Bryan Kramer
> To: Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors
> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 5:26 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Toxic minerals / health hazards
> 
> 
> Going back to iron toxicity, humans are actually in a 
> balanced state in regard to iron. We of course need some but 
> too much can tip us over into iron toxicity:
> 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_iron_metabolism>
> 
> A mistaken diagnoses of anemia and the prescribed iron 
> supplements can push you into toxicity so I suspect under 
> worse case conditions ingesting iron dust while working on 
> iron minerals could do the same.
> 
> BK
> 
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