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Volume 1 Issue 4

Welcome to Heartland's NATURAL SOLUTIONS FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY newsletter. We are excited to share relevant news about natural health topics and offer alternative and complimentary options for you and your family. We are committed to helping you find more complete answers to your health concerns, and look forward to being a friend as you seek greater health through innovative natural products, ideas, and educational resources. For personalized direction, call our helpline at 1-888-772-2345.

Topics in today's issue:

-Did You Know: Head Lice No Longer Need to be a Nit
-Non-Toxic Botanical Soap: A Great Natural Alternative to Pesticides in the Home
-Testimonial: A Mom's Story About Head Lice
-In The News: Mutant Malathion

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HUMOR & INSPIRATION

Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
~ Barbara Johnson ~

Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.
~ Johann Freidrich Von Schiller ~

In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience.
~ WB Prescott ~

Quotes courtesy of www.Cyber-Nation.com "Victory City"

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DID YOU KNOW

With a little a patience, you can learn just enough about lice and their lousy habits to know how to avoid the growing infestations of lice around the country - and maybe even save a young child's life. If you're in a big hurry to get rid of lice, or you're anxious to know how to AVOID these little bloodsuckers, we have great news for you. Here's the nitty-gritty:

1.) Lice, like any other parasite, prefer hosts with the most toxic body. (Did you ever notice that lice have a field day on one child, but don't seem to bother with others, even though the lice are highly contagious?) Step one in prevention is detoxifying your family, especially children, whose immune systems are more vulnerable to the toxins all around us. This includes avoiding toxic pesticide lice shampoos! Other key toxins to avoid: pesticides used in the home, and anything that is heavily fragranced like perfumed laundry detergents, scented hair products, scented candles and air fresheners.

2.) Build your family's immune system by increasing consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables (you can wash off any pesticides with Heartland's All Purpose Solution). Juicing your own vegetables is an extremely effective immune builder. For more on immune system boosting, click www.licesolution.com/healing.html.

3.) When and if you get lice, don't add to your child's toxic exposure by using a neurotoxic pesticide lice treatment! Chemical treatments for head lice contain potent pesticides and insecticides known as pediculicides. They include: Lindane (now banned in California), Malathion, and Pyrethrums/Pyrethroids. These pediculicides have been known to cause immuno suppression, seizures, vomiting, diarrhea, convulsions, circulatory collapse, behavioral changes, neuromuscular damage, chronic skin eruptions, liver damage, asthma, respiratory failure, stillbirths, birth defects, cancer and even death. Since head lice are developing a resistance to pediculicides, the uninformed parent may tend to use more, leave them on for longer periods of time or even apply them too often, increasing the risk. For a copy of the Harvard Study on lice resistance to common chemical treatments, call the Heartland Helpline at 1-888-772-2345.

4.) So what is the best solution for lice? Lice and their nits (eggs) no longer need to be an exasperating, nit-picking exercise in patience. Heartland's Lice Arrest, a safe, effective enzyme solution not only helps wash out lice, but makes nit combing easier. To quote Carol, an elementary school RN from Pennsylvania, "Lice Arrest has been very effective in treating the children in our school. I'm very grateful that we now have a safe alternative to use on our children and we don't have to worry about poisoning them. Thank you for carrying such a wonderful product!"

5.) Be prepared! Keep at least one bottle of Lice Arrest on hand, or call Heartland today to find out where it is carried in your local area: 1-888-772-2345. Visit our website at www.licearrest.com.

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NATURAL SOLUTIONS

Are little ants driving you crazy? Follow the trail of those little buggers, find the source, and saturate it with Tidy Up!. Working backwards, spray along the trail as well. Bugs instinctively avoid soap, making All Purpose Solution, a highly effective all natural botanical soap, a great alternative to pesticides in the home. Order online at www.heartlandnatural.com or call 1-888-772-2345.

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DEAR HEARTLAND,

"Last February my daughter got head lice. We went to the drug store and picked up some Nix. We also combed through her hair for three (3) straight days. She went back to school and the school nurse said she was nit free. Two weeks later she had lice again. This time we went to the drug store and tried "Rid", of course we washed all of her clothing and bedding again and sprayed everything that we could not wash!"

"We combed her hair for days and again she was nit free. However, 1 week later she had lice again. This time we tried a prescription. Again we washed everything and combed her hair. We even cut her hair short, it was shoulder length."

"I ran a day care and have 4 other children, but the only one who would get lice was my daughter. Then my clinic gave her your name and some information about Lice Arrest. I was willing to try anything by this point. I received your product two (2) days after I called. We used it right away and we were very happy! It worked. We could see the bugs dead in the sink, with all the other treatments the bugs still moved when we combed them out. We didn't even have to comb. We did for about 5 minutes, but her head was clean. To this day, almost 1 year later she is lice free. We are very pleased with this product! I will recommend Lice Arrest to anyone who ends up with head lice. It's a God send."

~ Dee

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HOT NEWS

MUTANT MALATHION - Summary of article by Eric Baard
The Village Voice, July 18, 2001

For months, the malathion sat in Deep South warehouses and outdoor storage tanks, baking in the summer sun. Destined for mosquito-control programs, the insecticide was supposed to be stored at temperatures no higher than 77 degrees Fahrenheit to avoid conversion to a more deadly poison. But there it was, unrefrigerated in parts of the country where mercury can climb toward 100° F day after day.

No one knows exactly how toxic the chemical has become, or how much of that malathion, also known as Fyfanon ULV (ultra-low volume), has been shipped north for use in New York's attack on the West Nile virus. The EPA recently reported that tests of malathion in New York-area holding tanks found traces of a poisonous neurotoxin called isomalathion - a byproduct created when malathion is exposed to high temperatures.

After spraying parts of the state last month, some three dozen people sought treatment at a hospital after they were swamped by a malathion cloud at a softball game for teenage girls in Glen Falls. "The problem is people think if something is legally approved and sold, then it must be safe," Canadian doctor and pesticide specialist Libuse Gilka told the Post Star of Glen Falls. "They don't realise that those approving these things are only slowly learning about the side effects."

For the complete Malathion article click on www.villagevoice.com/issues/0129/baard.php

A NOTE ABOUT MALATHION AND HEAD LICE.
Malathion is available as a prescription-only lice remedy called Ovide which was reluctantly relaunched after having been discontinued in the early 1990's. Before you consider this as a solution for your child's head lice, read more about the dangers of pesticide lice treatments in www.licesolution.com/pesticides.html or call the Heartland Helpline at 1-888-772-2345.

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NEWSLETTER INFORMATION

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