External Factors

This section covers external substances, exposures, medical events and environmental conditions that parents may investigate as possible influences on a child's development or condition.

It may include heavy metals, water, air, soil, food-based exposure routes, dental amalgam, mould, chemicals, pesticides, medicines, antibiotics, medical procedures, electromagnetic exposure and other external factors.

A heavy-metal topic remains here regardless of whether exposure may have occurred through food, water, amalgam or the wider environment. Detection methods belong under “Assessments”, while interventions belong under “Therapies”.