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Lead Level in Body Screening Saliva Test
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Lead is practically everywhere in today's environment. It
enters our bodies from many sources including defective
glazes (pottery), drinking water, contaminated soil,
airborne particulate, leaded gasoline, paint and several
other sources.
Both adults and children can suffer from the effects of
lead poisoning, but childhood lead poisoning is much
more frequent. Often exposed to lead through
lead-based paints, the effects can include anemia, colic
and even an impaired metabolism of Vitamin D. About 1
in 22 children in America have high lead in their blood.
Our LeadConfirm Professional oral screening kit is the
easiest way to ensure that you and your family has not
been exposed to deadly heavy metal pollutants, such as
lead. Using the kit, you will be able to figure out how
much lead you and your children have been exposed to
and whether or not you should be concerned. Finding out
this information can put your mind at ease or prepare
you to take appropriate action.
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Features & Benefits of leadConfirm:
99.9% accurate
FDA Approved collection kit, as reliable as blood lab tests. Our CLIA Accredited Laboratory
uses state-of-the-art Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) with Mass Spectrometry X2 (LC/MS/MS)
technology to determine the amount of lead present.
Lead Report
By using LeadConfirm Professional, you will be able to figure out how much lead you and
your children have been exposed to and whether or not you should be concerned. Finding
out this information can put your mind at ease or prepare you to take appropriate action.*
No more needles, no more tears
Our saliva based LeadConfirm Professiobal test is convenient and painless.
Easy to Use
Just place the sponge applicator in the mouth and allow it to thoroughly saturate in saliva.
Then place the applicator in the testing device and send it with a pre-paid mailer to the
laboratory. Within couple days your full results showing the lead levels in your body will be
available.
* Positive results should be followed up with a physician for further analysis and treatment.
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MORE ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY
Oral Fluid DIAGNOSTICS
Commonly referred to as the "mirror of the body," Saliva is a vital substance that carries molecules,
many bio markers of disease, evidence of drug use and many other indicators (known and unknown) of
what is happening inside the human body. The United States Food and Drug Administration long ago
approved saliva to be used in testing for HIV-1 or HIV-2 infection. Hormones and other commonly
measured compounds are typically analyzed from saliva as opposed to blood. Most compounds found
in blood are also found in saliva. Its acceptance therefore as a testing medium is unquestioned as well
as easier and cheaper to collect, since it doesn't expose health-care workers to blood-borne diseases.
FINDING LEAD IN SALIVA
Until now, the commonly accepted way to find lead in humans was to test blood. A recent study,
however, clearly indicates that saliva can be an effective medium through which body lead can be
detected (see graph below for correlation data.)
In this study, a patented methodology and process called LeadFinder™ was employed at Confirm
BioSciences's partner lab Western Slope Laboratory in Troy, Michigan to analyze the saliva of 100
children living in North Carolina. At the same time, the blood of those children was analyzed by the
Department of Health in North Carolina.
By comparing the results of the two lead test studies it became apparent that:
- Analyzing saliva is an effective means to establish body lead - especially if this test is viewed as a
"screening method" with the recommendation of a physician involved in the event results exceed a
certain level.-
- There was a 1.00 (100%) correlation between lead levels found in the saliva tests vs. blood tests
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