Radioactivity Protection
Here are some creative strategies for protecting our animals and ourselves from damaging radiation in the environment, from organic dairy farmers in Hawaii. The nuclear physics logic is simplified in order to help regular people understand why and how to use these things. We carry some of these materials in the NaturoDoc Store, where specific write-ups permit a bit more detailed information, along with an online shopping cart for your convenience.
Please consider these creative and intelligent applications of natural materials for your own family and home. The end of this excellent article deserves to be quoted here, with our gratitude to Britton and Shekinah for writing it:
“Our prayers and blessings are with the farmers and families closer to the source of radioactive pollution. We send them our love and hopes for a green, safe future for all on this earth.”
Hear, hear! —Dr. Thomas S. Lee, NMD
And now, the open letter:
Dear Milk Share Members,
Our goal to offer high-quality, safe food to our community has recently been challenged by the reality of the radioactivity being released into our environment. In the past weeks, radioactive levels have increased in Hawaii, with high spikes and a more current leveling off of radiation levels. Milk from the large dairies in Hamakua and Hawaii has shown elevated levels of radiation, from 400 to 2,400 times the recognized safe levels.
Why is milk contamination significant in the world of agriculture? Because milk represents the overall condition of the entire food chain, since cows consume grass and are exposed to the same elements as crops. So when milk tests positive for radiation, it indicates that the entire food chain is contaminated, since cows eat grass. When grass is contaminated, everything grown in the same soil is contaminated. This has proposed a serious concern to us farmers, with us asking what can we do? After much consideration, research, and conversations with much-appreciated experts in the fields of biological farming and human and animal health, we have found some things which we are able to do to protect our soil, animals, and bodies.
Aside from using the much-recognized supplement potassium iodine as a protection against radioactive iodine, there are a number of ways we can help. We have remembered our friend elemental boron and the position it plays in the earth. Boron is the only mineral capable of accepting and ionizing radiation that never changes the innards or the nucleus of the cell. Spoken simply, boron can take radiation and release it without upsetting its own very delicate balance.
Boron is used extensively in the nuclear industry. Sodium borate is regularly used for standby liquid control systems in case of emergencies. It was used in Chernobyl in 1986, mixed with sand to prevent further radiation leakage. It was also used in 1999 to absorb the massive amounts of radiation after an accident at a plant in Tokaimura, Japan. Currently it is being dumped on fuel rods and in surrounding waters of the Fukushima plant. Boron is widely recognized as extremely safe and can be used to capture radioactivity in our soils, gardens, orchards, etc. It also can be safely ingested by humans and animals. Boron will accept radiation and ionize it within our bodies, after which our bodies will safely excrete the boron and the radioactivity.
We have begun feeding our cows and goats sodium borate at milking time, as well as adding it to free-choice kelp and water troughs. In the past years we have monitored boron and other minerals in the soil and have added them as necessary to bring levels up to recognized healthy levels. As a safety measure, we are planning to implement a boron dosage to all of our pastures, as well as neighboring pastures. For humans, boron can safely ingested at a dosage of 4-10 mg per day. Borax, 11% boron, can be used as a tea and sprayed on your gardens or land surrounding your home at a rate of 10 pounds of borax per acre, 1 pound if using elemental boron. Borax can also be ingested at 1/8 teaspoon to 1 litre of water for women; ¼ teaspoon to 1 litre of water for men.
Fortunately, red wine and coffee are significant sources of boron, as well as non-citrus fruits, red grapes, plums, pears, apples, avocados, legumes. and nuts. Boron is known to be non-carcinogenic, non-mutagenic, and has been used internally to protect the astronauts in space as they leave the earth’s protective magnetic field.
(Many vitamin formulations include Boron, such as BioEnhance with DNAble)
Other things we can do to protect our bodies are to consume zeolites and use potassium iodine.
(The most economical and safe form is Lugol’s Iodine Solution.)
Receive plenty of glutathione, the best source of which is found in whey protein.
(Our best is ImmunoPro Rx.)
Eat plenty of supergreens,
(Our best product concentrating these is Organic Greens and Reds)
such as kale but also including chlorella
and spirulina, maintain healthy mineral levels, and eat lots of good healthy fats, including raw butter and coconuts, which offer a fantastic layer of protection for our cells.
(Virgin Coconut Oil is the premier cooking oil, with medical and nutrient protection benefits.)
Baking soda has been known to diminish the severity of change produced by uranium to the kidneys, which are the first to show radiation damages of uranium. The dosage is 1 teaspoon to 8 oz water for adults, and ¼ teaspoon in 4 oz water for children.
According to Aboutclay.com, Calcium Bentonite Clay acts as a magnet that absorbs anything with a positive charge, i.e. radiation and toxicity.
(Our All-Natural Calcium Bentonite Clay is excellent for internal or external use.)
She suggests washing all produce which may be considered radioactive in 1 part clay to 8 parts water in a non-metallic bowl. Soak for 10 minutes, then rinse and dry as usual. Bentonite clay can be added to catchment tanks, drinking water, or raw milk to isolate radioactivity, which will not be released once captured by clay. Also, the body cannot digest clay, but will rather release clay through excrement. Clay can be added to milk or drinking water at a dosage of 1 oz liquid calcium bentonite to 1 gallon raw milk or drinking water. Either allow to settle and pour off, or mix and consume clay and liquid. 1-2 oz liquid bentonite clay can be safely consumed per day by an adult, with significant detox abilities.
In these tenuous times, it is all we can do to be honestly informed of the situation at hand and act accordingly. We are doing our best to protect our soil, animals, and bodies from the elevated levels of radioactivity, and we hope that you will also. Our prayers and blessings are with the farmers and families closer to the source of radioactive pollution. We send them our love and hopes for a green, safe future for all on this earth.
Blessings,
Britton & Shekinah
Milk and Honey Farm
Pahoa, Big Island, Hawaii