Healthy Skeptic: Is hair analysis a brush with quackery?
Saturday, October 9, 2010 - 23:31
in Physics & Chemistry
Although metals can be detected in hair samples, it would be hard to answer the question of how much is actually in the body.Heavy metals can show up just about anywhere. We have arsenic in our streams, lead in our air and mercury in our tuna sandwiches. But in these health-conscious times, many of us wonder about a more pressing issue: How much of this stuff is in our bodies?