Did Kohl Around Bin Laden's Eyes Poison His Brain?
http://unisci.com/stories/20014/1221016.htm
UniSci has a communication from Karl Simanonok, Ph.D., a space physiologist, who asks the question, Does lead poisoning explain Osama bin Laden's madness? Dr. Simanonok writes, "When I managed the blood lab at a northern California clinic for the poor, Pakistani children were often found to be contaminated with lead from the black makeup called 'kohl' that their mothers applied around their eyes. Middle Eastern mothers use it on their boys just as much as their girls.
"Lead poisoning is especially bad for children because it can reduce their IQs dramatically and cause developmental problems. In both children and adults, problems associated with lead poisoning increase with blood levels, from behavioral and learning disorders to various physical ailments including high blood pressure and kidney problems, even at moderate levels. At very high levels, lead can cause convulsions, paralysis, coma or death.
"Besides the fact that many Arab cultures have a history of prolonged lead exposure through kohl (with nothing like our EPA or FDA to limit any of it), lead poisoning should especially be considered a possible factor in recent events because many Arab fighters, including some of the Taliban, traditionally use kohl around their eyes.
"Some pictures of Osama bin Laden certainly suggest he might be wearing kohl, and it is known that he suffers from kidney problems. Lead poisoning could explain bin Laden's kidney problems and could only contribute to the madness of suicide bombers under the influence of malignant religious views."
In support of his hypothesis, Dr. Simanonok cited several reports, including Roger D. Masters' Sept. 1999 Plenary Address to the Annual Conference of the Association for Politics and the Life Sciences. Masters is Nelson D. Rockefeller Professor Emeritus in the Dartmouth College Department of Government and head of the Dartmouth Foundation for Neuroscience and Society. At this URL there is a copy of Masters' address, which states in part:
"Heavy metals compromise normal brain development and neurotransmitter function, leading to long-term deficits in learning and social behavior. At the individual level, earlier studies revealed that hyperactive children and criminal offenders have significantly elevated levels of lead, manganese, or cadmium compared to controls; high blood lead at age seven predicts juvenile delinquency and adult crime. At the environmental level, our research has found that environmental factors associated with toxicity are correlated with higher rates of anti-social behavior.....ect...........................
See also: http://www.article4.com/dartmouth.html Poisoning the Well: Neurotoxic Metals, Water Treatment, and Human Behavior
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