Studies

Summaries of Published Papers and Presentations Regarding Sauna Detoxification

Evaluation of a Detoxification Regimen for Fat Stored Xenobiotics. Medical Hypotheses, Vol. 9, 1982.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7144634

Body Burden Reductions of PCBs, PBBs and Chlorinated Pesticide Residues in Human Subjects, Ambio, Vol. 13, No. 5-6, 1984.
www.jstor.org/stable/4313080

Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients Presenting Subclinical Signs and Symptoms of Exposure to Chemicals Which Accumulate in Human Tissue. Proceedings of the National Conference on Hazardous Wastes and Environmental Emergencies, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1985.
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download;jsessionid=F75169C0B3D4B4B46E903CBB96FB9A09?doi=10.1.1.497.4725&rep=rep1&type=pdf

Reduction of the human body burdens of hexachlorobenzene and polychlorinated biphenyls, World Health Organization, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Scientific Publications Series, Vol. 77, 1986.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3110064/

“Reducing Toxic Body Burdens Advancing an Innovative Technique“, Root, D., Anderson, J., Occupational Health and Safety, Vol. 11, No. 4, 1986.
https://www.getdetoxinated.com/docs/reducing_toxic_body_burdens.pdf

Excretion of a Lipophilic Toxicant Through the Sebaceous Glands: A Case Report, Journal of Toxicology-Cutaneous and Ocular Toxicology, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1987.
https://www.getdetoxinated.com/docs/excretion_lipophilic_toxins.pdf

Improvement in Perception of Transcutaneous Nerve Stimulation Following Detoxification in Firefighters Exposed to PCBs, PCDDs and PCDFs, Clinical Ecology, Vol. VI, No. 2, 1989.
https://eurekamag.com/research/007/435/007435763.php

Occupational, Environmental and Public Health in Semic: A Case Study of Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Pollution, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Civil Engineers, New Orleans, Louisiana, October, 1989.
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download;jsessionid=64F9B8D69B4A8FF5EF14785DABDCE061?doi=10.1.1.488.2610&rep=rep1&type=pdf

Human Contamination and Detoxification: Medical Response to an Expanding Global Problem, Proceedings of the MAB UNESCO Task Force on Human Response to Environmental Stress, Moscow, 1989.

Neurobehavioral Dysfunction in Firemen Exposed to Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): Possible Improvement after Detoxification, Archives of Environmental Health, Vol. 44, No. 6, 1989.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2514627/

PCB Reduction and Clinical Improvement by Detoxification: An Unexploited Approach? Human and Experimental Toxicology, Vol. 9, 1991.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2143911

Xenobiotic Reduction and Clinical Improvements in Capacitor Workers: A Feasible Method, Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Vol. A 25, No. 7, 1990.
https://www.getdetoxinated.com/docs/xenobiotic_reduction_in_capacitor_workers.pdf

Treatment of Pesticide-Exposed Patients with the Hubbard Method of Detoxification. Presentation at the 120th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, 1992.

Neurotoxicity and Toxic Body Burdens: Relationship and Treatment Potentials. Proceedings of the International Conference on Peripheral Nerve Toxicity, 1993.

Reduction of Drug Residues: Applications in Drug Rehabilitation. Presentation at the 123rd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, 1995.

Treatment of Children with the Detoxification Method Developed by Hubbard. Presentation at the 123rd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, 1995.

Precipitation of Cocaine Metabolites in Sweat and Urine of Addicts Undergoing Sauna Bath Treatment. College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Fifty-Seventh Annual Scientific Meeting, National Institute on Drug Abuse, College on Problems of Drug Dependency, 1995.

Persistent organic pollutants in 9/11 world trade center rescue workers: Reduction following detoxification
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17234251 free to read here:
https://www.getdetoxinated.com/docs/persistent_organic_pollutants_9-11_world_trade_center_rescue_workers.pdf

Chemical Exposures at the World Trade Center: Use of the Hubbard Sauna Detoxification Regimen to Improve the Health Status of New York City Rescue Workers Exposed to Toxicants, Townsend Letter, December 2006.
 http://www.townsendletter.com/Dec2006/chemexp1206.htm.

Methamphetamine exposure and chronic illness in police officers
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3573677/

Excretion of Methamphetamine and Amphetamine in Human Sweat Following Controlled Oral Methamphetamine Administration.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2714868/.

Niacin for Detoxification: A Little-known Therapeutic Use, Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, Volume 26, Number 2, 2011
https://isom.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Niacin-for-Detoxification-A-Little-known-Therapeutic-Use-26.2.pdf

A Detoxification Intervention for Gulf War Illness: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/21/4143/htm

Agent Orange: Vietnam Tests Scientology -Linked Detox Program. AmEmbassy Hanoi: Unclassified U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2015-05717 Doc No. C05949205, 2017. 
https://foia.state.gov/searchapp/DOCUMENTS/FOIA_May2017/F-2015-05717/DOC_0C05949205/C05949205.pdf.

Studies Validating Sweat Excretion of Xenobiotics

Bomonitoring and Elimination of Perfluorinated Compounds and Polychlorinated Biphenyls through Perspiration: Blood, Urine, and Sweat Study. ISRN Toxicol. 2013;2013:483832. Published 2013 Sep 3
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3776372/

Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, and Mercury in Sweat: A Systematic Review. Hindawi. 
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jeph/2012/184745/.

Human Excretion of Bisphenol A: Blood, Urine, and Sweat (BUS) Study. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3255175/.

Human Excretion of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether Flame Retardants: Blood, Urine, and Sweat Study. Biomed Res Int. 2017;2017:3676089. 
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5360950/.

Human elimination of phthalate compounds: blood, urine, and sweat (BUS) study. ScientificWorldJournal. 2012;2012:615068. 
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3504417/.

Study on Fat-stored Xenobiotics

“Persistent organic pollutants in serum and several different fat compartments in humans,” Journal of Environmental and Public Health, vol. 2011, Article ID 417980, 8 pages, 2011
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jeph/2011/417980/.

Studies Validating Niacin-induced Rebound Lipolysis

The plasma free fatty acid rebound induced by nicotinic acid.
http://www.jlr.org/content/8/3/239.full.pdf

Short-term effect of nicotinic acid on plasma level and turnover of free fatty acids in sheep and man
http://www.jlr.org/content/10/2/193.long

Effects of nicotinic acid on fatty acid kinetics, fuel selection, and pathways of glucose production in women
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10893322