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Happy Flora and Llo' Anniver-sary last Sai Town Hall wîth an together In the eveni arpe celebrated thieir 45th Wedding y. The celebration was hield at the Orono hiouse in the afiemtoon,. and a f'amily get INTERACTIVE HEALTH Have you ever wondered just %chat it is that makes some kids more hyperactive than others? Now, that school is out, and parens are 'onthirown' 50 1 speak, it somnetimes becomnes difficult 10 cope with the con- stant barrage of questions, ideas, actiithysearcbing, seek- ing an(- just plain kid-stuff that is suddenIIý ly THR,in your face, always, always prescrnt. Thrisof course, is hyperac- tivét of a normal, rational kindc--the kind that you'd rea!ll miss if- itrnt happening, thle kind that is usually thlere in a happy child. But picture t1his kinid of behaviour taken to its mnosi extremne end, the end commiioni- Iy labeled as al bebiaviouiral dis- order. Dr. Harold Buttramn, in 'Nu[trition and Ille Mmdi', describes ilthiis wýay: "If you spend an 1bour1-in a 1room1 \\itb a fullbbon bperactive ChikLd you w\iil neyer f'orge"t it. Tblese By Pat Ii-n LyiI-ceif, R.N., B.Sc, Certified Irdologit, Registered Nutritional Consultant Pat welcomes appoitments for consultation 983-9475 HY P ERA C'TIVIT- Y, A.D., AND TUI E CHEMICAL CONNECTION kids are literally off tbe \wall. Tbiey are constantly mioving, as they are incapable of spendîng conicentratýled attention on anly given ta)sk, evenrplayýing. Tbey're iritable and often aggressive andici 11o st il1e. (Pictures are avaiilable of somne of these cbildren iing tbeir miothers. trying to destroy tys). They are extremelydis- turbed children. Ihere are many iv \iews as 10 tbe cause or causes of %bse pr-oblemnsand'in thle field Of' alternative care it is undCer-stoodi that allergies usually play a largupeat - allergies tba could bie due 10 the chemicalovr load w\e subIject our bodies to on1 a daily basîs. Dr. Wýilliamn Crook, a respected med ical doctor, and author Of 'The Yeast Connection', says Ithat wbhen lie went into piractice as a ped iairician in Jackson, Tennessee in tbe ear-ly 1950's, bie nceer saw ailbyperactiveC cbild. Hle points to a linik betwveen an increase in envi- ronnental toxini and a corre- sponding incremse in behav- ioural disorder s i children. Wbhat bas happened in the past 50 years that bias brougbit about lbis increase in behiav- jour disorders? According to published repolrs befrme World War Il, less thian a billion pouinds a yecar of organiîc chemi- icals (car-bon compounids) \were produced in the United States. [By 1963 thaýt 1numlber had increased to 163 billion pounds per pear. In 1995 the inumbêr grew to 250 bilon pounids per year. Dr-. Buttramn points ounthlai only a bandful of these have been adequatejy tested for neurotoxiciy (capa- bility of causing nerve dami- age.1A interesting stu1dy was performled on1 residents of tbiree Easterni States. The ivsia tion mneasured the chemicals in indoor air, drinking w\ater and exbaled breatb of 400 subýjects. Tenl volatile Clcemicals wr founid to be Presenit in the exhIaledl breaths of miost patients, and sinice it is known that volatile (easily vaporized) chemnicals are fat soluble, they wýill head for the fattiest tissue of the body. The brain is a pri- Mary tatbecause il consists larg1ely of fatty, tissues, dont- laugh11, hence leading to b)ehav,- iour disorders. Dr.Buttam iexplains:"What actually happens bere is the cerebral cor-tex, the b1igher cenl- tre of the brain, literally shuts down and cotrl gets tbrowni back to the more primitive cen- tres. Tbe1re is a cenitre at the base of the brain,ý for. instance, that bas been shontombe a centre for anger. What stimulates lis centre'? Chemnicals. There are ,very good reasons f'or tying in envirnmental chemicals with tbe epèidemiere having of bebavioural problems such as- attention deficit disorder and byperactivity. The massive iincrease of enviropmllental chemilicals to wýhicb tbese chul- drenl are exposed is :onnctIed to their symtm: T here are several specific groups of environmiental chem- icals, but they can bec lassed mbi two general categories: toxic bleavy metals (ie.lead), and volatile organiec ýom- pounds (ie. petcides).One point of nlote concernls the test- ing of cbildren suspected Of Il.v ing a ýcculaLIted ledin thecir bodies. Ail children should be tested for- lead. eýspe-. cially if tbey are suffering fromn thle above ilînesses, burthteir hiair and niot fibeir blood ,hould be tested. Leaid ill fîlter out of the blood in a weCek. but '\\ill remnain in Ille bair for- six O)ptimizing the nutrîtional tbook on town fromn the Garfiel Collection. Their and the new phot were done by Morgan. The Bow Museum Curator, Taws, researcheda the informativec cMuseum Photo reproduction and lay- a new his- out were done by Bruce Lr town. Street Design Studio and ;Î11e: Then Golding Graphics Ltd. ýs both old 'nie picture reproduction is ls to illus- of very higli quality and great- g history ly enhances the book's value ýest town. as an historical research vere taken resource. It is forty pages, Id Shaw and selis for $ 10.00 plus selection GST. Copies are available tographs through the Bowmanville Clayton Museum Gift Shop. For more vimanville information please cali the , Charles Museum office at 905-623- and wrote 27341. captions. Lshman (continued from page 1 servation and fur, garment mnan- uf'actuintg," stated Mr, Wu. If t the buildïing is flot used for fur garment manufactUrin, " explained Wu, lit would be il) contravenion of the 'by-law.," If another business wanted to move into thie biïldlingc, accord- ing-0 to Wu ,ail would have to go thrOug'h Ithe whoie public process. Councillor Mut[ton ýstated thiat hie was flot ofral next article. For ail your belialtb concerns. please be SUr-e 1 t seeyou bealth care pr-ovîderis. Rýef-erences are available upon euet \\ith the. wýord 'prestige'. "but if the original report is more restrictive than the amiendmnent, then i am ninfavour.- The by-lawasmended back to ils original state, and receved approval. in comminents aller the mieet- ing, L-inda Gasser stated "due process vwas fot lhad lhere.' There are so miany uunoied issues that I feel were not exmndappropriately." Il is too) earîy to say \\blat the niext step wîll be for those opposed to the zoning amendi- mient, The amteudment Cil be lbeforee icReg4ional Planning Commniteei the beginning of Septemiber. 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