Herbert Needleman began practicing pediatrics in the late 1950s in Philadelphia. Lead paint coated walls and porches of homes everywhere in American life back then. Most water came through lead-soldered water pipes. Lead paint was used on children’s toys. And motor fuel containing lead was belched into the air daily through the exhaust of every car and bus on every roadway in America.
(I personally remember complaining of having headaches till noon as my dad followed the lead-belching school bus in our 1958 white Corvair with windows down to take us to grade school on his way to work)….
Dr. Needleman kept noticing something different about the children in his office who had been treated for lead poisoning. “They came back quieter. Slower. Struggling in school in ways no one could quite explain. Yet, their blood tests were normal now. They appeared fine. But their lives were never the same.” What if lead was hiding in their bones, their brains, quietly changing who these children would become?
To prove that even low level lead exposure was harming children, Needleman needed a way to measure how much lead a child had absorbed over many years – not just the snapshot of a moment of a blood test.
He began asking questions that almost no one else in medicine was asking. Dr. Needleman began conducting a novel kind of research in which he collected and measured lead levels in children’s baby teeth. It demonstrating a correlation between intellectual development and exposure to lead, even at low levels.
Bone biopsies with needles were invasive and painful, and he felt parents would’nt consent to that for a research study. So he was stuck.
The Philadelphia Tooth Fairy Project
Bones and teeth store calcium. And because lead behaves like calcium in the body, lead gets locked inside teeth as they form from birth.
Each baby tooth a 5 or 6 year-old loses is a record of chemical exposure during early childhood.
Starting in the late 1960s, Needleman launched what he called the Philadelphia Tooth Fairy Project asking 1st- and 2nd-grade teachers to collect baby teeth as they fell out naturally. (No needles.) Nearly 3,000 teeth were analyzed, and for the first time in history, his research showed a clear picture of how much lead American city children had actually absorbed over time.
The evidence was quite shocking.
Children with high lead levels in their teeth scored significantly lower on IQ tests. They struggled more with language and had shorter attention spans. They had a harder time following directions in class. (source)
And these children were considered perfectly healthy. Yet, the lead had been quietly stealing a piece of their intellect. (source)
In 1979, Needleman published his landmark findings in the New England Journal of Medicine. The implications were enormous: If ordinary, undiagnosed children were being harmed, that meant tens of millions of American kids were growing up inside an invisible brain fog of lead exposure, every single day, making parenting more challenging.
What followed was one of the most aggressive corporate attacks on a scientist in modern American history.
Needleman had his lab records endlessly searched by investigators, was hounded by journalists and hired snoops raising doubts about his character and motives.
“The furious lead industry hired their own researchers. Funded their own studies. Eventually, scientific misconduct charges were formally filed against Needleman. His reputation, his career, and his livelihood were all placed in real jeopardy. All because his research was inconveniently correct.” (source)
Dr. Needleman demanded a full and open hearing and won the right to one. In 1991, he was testified in a widely-aired Congressional hearing. The EPA independently reexamined his data and reached the same conclusions he had. Every single misconduct charge was dismissed. (source)
7 minutes.
The billion dollar industry had failed! By the mid-1980s, the United States began phasing lead out of gasoline.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission also banned lead from interior paint and children’s toys and they kept lowering the threshold as science learned more about deadly lead. The results were revolutionary.
Blood lead levels in American children eventually dropped by more than 90%. Childhood IQ in the U.S. is estimated to have risen by ~5 points or more.
Dr. Needleman’s selfless and caring work saved thousands of lives, and improved the health of countless others, many of them children and their families living in poverty.
And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’ ~Matthew 25:40
Still Lead Exposure Continues Today, and It’s Totally Preventable:
A 2023 study found LOW-level lead exposure was associated with 765 Million lost IQ points in children aged 5 and younger.
Today, you never know unless you test. Healthcare providers and most local health departments can test for lead in the blood. Other places to get private lab tests done are LabCorp, Walk-In-Lab, and Healthlabs. Here is one Lab Locator.
Here’s how lead poisoning is continuing today:
1. A recent congressional investigation revealed that 7 major commercial baby food brands were contaminated with significant levels of arsenic, lead, cadmium and mercury. (source)
2. There’s been a recall on Disney-themed baby and toddler clothing sporting lead-contaminated paint. How many of these garments are still in children’s closets?
3. Then there’s the very popular dark chocolate bars showing up high in lead and cadmium. Consumer Reports measured the amount of heavy metals in 28 dark chocolate bars.
4. Don’t forget that toys imported (mainly China) are notorious for lead paint on metal, wood and plastic toys, especially toy jewelry.
5. There are heavy metals in COMMON regular spices and even organic spices.
Is Lead Hard to Get Out of the Body?
Lead is NOT hard to get out with Advanced TRS (toxin removal system), but it needs to be done. The science [1][2][3] says Clinoptilolite, the type of zeolite mineral in TRS, is highly porous and acts as a binder through direct adsorption of heavy metals, such as lead.
These anecdotal stories from real families highlight how effective detoxing with clinoptilolite zeolite TRS* can be, especially when you do a deep detox for 6-9 months at approximately 1 bottle per month.
Studies show TRS is safe in pregnancy and neuro-protective to the baby. Your baby can develop in a safer environment (mothers can and do pass on their toxins to their children). Of the 287 chemicals found in umbilical cord blood, we know that 180 cause cancer, 217 are toxic to the brain and nervous system, and 208 cause abnormal development in animal tests.
TRS is keeping this little guy’s lead levels super low, despite the normal everyday exposures.
Even very high lead levels causing severe constipation and speech reversals come down readily with consistent TRS use.
Here’s another happy family:
Those are just a few of the lead removal stories I have, but you need to know clinoptilolite zeolite TRS can bind and remove other metals and toxins, too, including MRI contrast dye gadolinium and toxic vaccine adjuvants.
This Public Health study states:
“Rigorous and replicatable studies have shown evidence of ethylmercury (EtHg) and of adjuvant Aluminum toxicities (with Thimerosal-containing vaccines).. These findings have shown a solid link with neurotoxic effects in humans…” ~Public Health Study, PubMed Study
Thankfully, as this mom testifies, we can detox mercury and aluminum out safely —just like lead.
Most people don’t understand that lead, mercury, aluminum and other heavy metal removal can be safely done at home, without redistribution of metals —and without the expensive IV chelation done in in a clinic or doctor’s office.
TRS* is a 2-ingredient oral spray made with ultra-pure nano-clinoptilolite zeolite mineral and purified water. The specific type of zeolite mineral in TRS spray is clinoptilolite with a robust safety profile.
How does TRS spray work?
Zeolites have a high negative charge and a strong affinity for toxins as toxins are positively-charged. With the nano zeolites encased in water, a good way to think about it would be hundreds of thousands of little toxin magnets encased in water molecules clusters going into your body. These toxin magnets are attracted to heavy metals, pesticides and any other toxin that has a positive charge. Their tiny pore size of 0.9 nanometers means that they have a huge amount of surface area to capture toxins in their honeycomb shape. The encapsulation in water molecules clusters means that they can go wherever water goes to detox the whole body at a cellular level. They never interact with the body, only the toxins.
Once toxins get pulled in and stuck onto the magnets, they are captured, are rendered inert, and have no chance of breaking loose. This is why TRS does not cause redistribution or damage to the body. The loaded TRS molecule is transported out of the body mainly through urine and other usual elimination pathways in 6-7 hours. As the nano-zeolites are so tiny, the kidneys don’t have to filter them: that’s how gentle this method of detoxing is.
TRS* is a foundational part of my Healthcare Workers Protocol to protect against the Spike protein and begin undoing the extensive damage.
*This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
My personal order link is https://www.coseva.com/products/advanced-trs
Our family has had first-hand success with TRS to clear out advanced Lyme, parasites, prions and more, and now I’ve coaching thousands of families to greater health. We use various supplements, but TRS is still the foundation of our health program. Five of my grandchildren are ‘TRS babies.
For cases of acute lead or metal poisoning in all ages, you can add homeopathic lymphatic combo 30c to further support the detox pathways.
Yu can learn more about Dr. Herb Needleman here.
“I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.” ~Psalm 139:14
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Kimberly
Hello Jacqueline,
I really appreciate your blog! What a blessing it has been through the years!
I have a question regarding TRS. I started taking TRS two weeks ago, two sprays in the morning and two at night. I was due to start my monthly cycle last week and didn’t…I was crampy for five days, but didn’t even spot. A pregnancy test came back negative. I have never missed a period unless I was expecting another baby. Have you had others with this experience while taking TRS? What would cause the hormone disruption, and should I stop taking TRS?
Thanks for any help you can give,
Kimberly
Jacqueline
Hi, Kimberly,
This is a fairly common detox symptom and have reassured a number of women who skipped one or more cycles (or conversely had heavier than usual periods since everyone is unique and have different things that TRS finds to correct). We attribute it to cleaning up the reproductive system (eliminating toxins from) the area and getting things into a healthier place. So no, no need to stop.
It has also helped some with infertility because I have a number of anecdotal stories that have been sent to me on the subject!
This post goes into some depth on how TRS (a Clinoptilolite zeolite) is very good for the body and multiple systems, including the reproductive system: https://deeprootsathome.com/why-zeolite-is-so-good-for-cleaning-up-the-body/ Especially see #s 16,18,19 over halfway down in the post (there are ~30 anecdotal stories nearer the end).
Have you had heavy or prolonged cycles in he past, ever been on the pill, or had fertility drugs that needed to be detoxed (that was me)?
Also, I encourage when starting to only do 1 spray/d for a week, then go to 2 sprays/d the second week, then 3/d the third week. Going slower, most don’t notice any detox symptoms. You are at twice that speed, so may just be noticing that clean up that wouldn’t be noticed at all going slower.
(I also have personally wondered about PFAS build up causing estrogenic changes and we as many women are seeing menstrual abnormalities, fibroids, etc. from daily chemicals. TRS is known to remove PFAS and could change the cycle as one detoxes the bad stuff from personal care products, food, meds, water, plastics, etc.. (See #23a in that post above about “forever chemicals”). This post gives more insight on how TRS helps us girls: https://deeprootsathome.com/its-possible-to-detox-forever-chemicals-linked-to-early-puberty/
I hope that helps!
Blessings,
Jacque
Kim
Thank you! I was on birth control for maybe 2 years as a teen for heavy periods, but my cycles were always very consistent and I have never had a problem conceiving. My first 5 babies were hospital births with epidurals, pitocin, or both needed. My last 2 were med free midwife assisted home births, and I haven’t even taken Tylenol or anything non herbal in the last 3 years. We have been living an ever cleaner lifestyle over the last 5 years. We are now growing or producing everything we possibly can ourselves on our homestead. What we can’t, we get from local farms or Azure Standard.
Jacqueline
Yes, keep up the great work! It will pay off for you all.
We’ve been married now 52 years, and I was on birth control in my early 20s, as well as heavy infertility meds in my early 40s, plus all the chemical laden personal care and makeup, etc thru all those years. It all adds up. I detoxed some horrible, yucky stuff the first 3-4 months after I started using TRS in 2019. It grossed me out, but I’m SO healthier now in my mid 70s and not frail. One thing that I found out is that all of that is toxic on some level and much is sequestered away in the body until we purposely work to detox it. Sounds like you are cleaning things up! ~J
Kim
One last question…how do you know when you have hit your maximum dosage? Some people were talking about giving 10-20 sprays to a child when 5 is the recommended dose for a 150 lb adult per the purchasing website. Another lady said one spray was way too much for her baby and she started giving one drop instead. What are the effects and how do you know if it’s part of your body’s natural detox or an adverse effect caused by too much?
Jacqueline
Hi, Kim,
I apologize… I think I missed this question earlier. It depends on the individual how many sprays to do. There is no maximum dosage. I’ve had numerous people write or make a FB post that they or a child drank a whole bottle. If you want me to email you some of those anecdotal stories, I sure can. I have had several whole bottles in the pst myself because I got a toxic exposure I wanted to grab out quickly, but I’ve been detoxing regularly for 7 years now.
Also, once you have been detoxing a while, many people go up to higher number of sprays because any early detox symptoms are all past and they can handle it. For the baby getting one drop, that may have been bc they just started detoxing the baby and with that baby experienced some signs of die off. I see many don’t go by the “recommended” dose because they are so comfortable with how it is helping them and working for them. It is possible that if someone doesn’t have a well-functioning detox pathway (like in MTHFR), they do need to go slower. https://deeprootsathome.com/poor-methylation-mthfr/
We can follow how much our body likes, and it always gets better with time. Because I am MTHFR, I did have to go slower and follow the schedule for starting. You can find that schedule (a green image) in this post: https://deeprootsathome.com/why-zeolite-is-so-good-for-cleaning-up-the-body/
I hope that helps! ~J
Phil Alethes
Thanks for a very interesting article (linked from your post at Gab). Heartwarming to read of an MD who actually cares about people’s health, and even fights back when certain interests try to suppress his work. May his tribe increase! For more about him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Needleman.
Jacqueline
You are welcome, Phil! I am so grateful, he had the character and determination to reveal the truth of lead poisoning to the world the way he did.
A magnificent human!
~J
PS, I am going to add the link to the Wikipedia article to the post. It is quite good!
Bonnie White
Hi!
I wondered how long a bottle of TRS can be stored before being used? I “overbought” and have extra I’d like to keep for later use.
Thank you!
Jacqueline
Hi, Bonnie,
Last time I checked, they are good for 5 years at least. ~J