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At-Home Toxicity (Heavy Metals & Essential Elements) Test

At-Home Toxicity (Heavy Metals & Essential Elements) Test

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The Lab Me At Home Metal Toxicity Test uses ICP-MS, the gold standard for element analysis, which allows for high specificity and sensitivity into the parts-per-trillion.

Exposure to dangerous heavy metals or insufficiency of nutritional elements affects health profoundly. Testing elements in the most appropriate sample type is important for proper assessment.  The Lab Me at-home metal toxicity test is an excellent way to detect dangerous exposure.

Results are delivered 5-7 days after the lab receives your sample.  It includes licensed M.D. recommendations via PDF format using HIPAA and SOK2 compliant encryption.  For all Lab Me premium tests, you are able to contact our medical team with any questions you may have about your results for no extra charge.

Note: This is not a diagnostic test and cannot confirm any specific illness or disease. Further testing and medical consultation may be required to determine the cause of abnormal results.

What tests are included?
  • Arsenic (As),
  • Bromine (Br),
  • Cadmium (Cd),
  • Copper (Cu),
  • Iodine (I),
  • Lithium (Li),
  • Magnesium (Mg),
  • Mercury (Hg),
  • Selenium (Se),
  • Zinc (Zn),
  • Zn:Cu Ratio,
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All Lab Me tests are performed by high-complexity CLIA certified and CAP-accredited laboratories.

 

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Who Should Consider Taking This At-Home Toxicity (Heavy Metals & Essential Elements) Test ?

Getting too much, and sometimes too little, of various elements has consequences for our overall health. Who should consider heavy metals and essential elements testing? Anyone who:

Smokes

Has exposure to private well water or aging pipes

Is concerned about heavy metals in foods like vegetables, rice, and seafood

Has mercury dental work

Lives in an older home or near an industrial area

Has thyroid-related health issues

Symptoms and Reasons to Test
Normal Ranges
Why track?
Should I take the test?
Additional Info

Symptoms and Reasons to Test

The At Home Metal Toxicity Test Is Encouraged If You Are:

  • A smoker
  • Hobbies that expose you to heavy metals
  • Have or have had mercury dental fillings 
  • Have health issues that could be a result of nutritional deficiencies
  • Imbalances of essential elements
  • Work in a factory that uses heavy metals
  • Breathe in old lead paint dust when you fix up your home
  • Eat fish caught in an area with high levels of mercury
  • Use herbal medicines that have heavy metals in them
  • Use dinnerware that hasn’t been coated well enough to prevent heavy metals from contaminating food
  • Drink water contaminated with heavy metal.

Creatinine is measured in all samples to correct results for urine dilution

Normal Ranges

The At Home Metal Toxicity Test Is Encouraged If You Are:

  • A smoker
  • Hobbies that expose you to heavy metals
  • Have or have had mercury dental fillings 
  • Have health issues that could be a result of nutritional deficiencies
  • Imbalances of essential elements
  • Work in a factory that uses heavy metals
  • Breathe in old lead paint dust when you fix up your home
  • Eat fish caught in an area with high levels of mercury
  • Use herbal medicines that have heavy metals in them
  • Use dinnerware that hasn’t been coated well enough to prevent heavy metals from contaminating food
  • Drink water contaminated with heavy metal.

Creatinine is measured in all samples to correct results for urine dilution

Why Track?

Should I Take The Test?

Additional Info

Chronic Toxicity

You get this after contact with a low dose over a long time. As the metal builds up in your body, you can get sick. Symptoms come on slowly and can include:

Drinking water with lead in it can lead to cognitive problems and slower development in kids. Infants who drink formula mixed with tap water are at especially high risk if their drinking water is contaminated.

Lead has been banned from plumbing for years, but it still gets into the water supply from old lines. Some water filters will remove it from your water, but if you’re concerned about the level of lead in your drinking supply, you can request a water test.

Heavy Metal Poisoning Diagnosis

Different tests can check for different types of heavy metals. Some might test your blood or pee. Others might require an X-ray. These tests can help your doctor decide if you have heavy metal poisoning, how severe it is, and which heavy metals are involved. They include:

  • The Lab Me at-home metal toxicity test
  • CBC (complete blood count)
  • Kidney function tests
  • Testing for proteins in the urine
  • Liver function tests
  • Imaging tests (abdominal radiographs)
  • Electrocardiogram

We are all exposed to different amounts of essential and toxic elements depending on where we live, our diet and supplementation routine, and environmental pollution of the air we breathe. Essential elements are only conducive to optimal health when they are within optimal ranges – levels that are too low or too high can have detrimental effects on health – and exposure to toxic heavy metals has multiple adverse health effects.

This comprehensive profile allows a complete assessment of the most important elements implicated in health-related effects, as it includes a measure of both short and long term exposure to all 4 of the most toxic environmental heavy metals, as well as highlighting nutritional element deficiencies earlier than a typical serum test.

How to collect your sample

Lab Me’s at home test kits include everything you need for collection and can be ordered online. When your sample has been collected and allowed to dry completely, return the dried strips and completed paperwork in the pre-addressed, pre-paid packaging and mailer bag provided with the kit. Once Lab Me has received your sample, results will be returned to you and/or your health care provider in approximately 5 to 7 business days.
Urine
Saliva
Finger Prick

Urine Collection

STEP ONE

Good Practice

  1. At each collection time: Remove a collection card from the pink bag.
  2. Save this bag with the absorvent puch. Write your name, the date and time of collection on the card prior to collecting the sample.
STEP TWO

Set Up To Collect

  1. Open the cover on the collection card. Fold it back and away from the filter paper. Avoid touching the filter paper
  2. Saturate the filter paper by directly urinating onto it, or by collecting your urine in a clean cup and dipping the filter paper up to the top black dash line
STEP THREE

Dry Sample

  1. Soak your non-dominant hand in warm water for 1-2 minutes. Dry it well. It's important your hands are warm
  2. Wipe the little finger of your non-dominant hand with the alcohol swab and let it dry
  3. The best place to use the lancet is on the outer center of your fingertip
STEP FOUR

After Collection

  1. Allow to dry completely for at least 6 hours*. 
  2. Once dry, refold the collection card and place the sample back into the baggie and seal. 
  3. Make sure absorvent puch is still inside. 
  4. Follow the same process for the remaining three samples. 
STEP FIVE

Finishing Up

  1. Complete all paperwork. Make sure all sections are filled in and your form is signed
  2. Place the sample(s), the Test Requisition form and any additional paperwork back into the plastic test kit box
  3. Make sure to include payment (if applicable)
  4. Snap test kit lid shut
  5. Place the entire test kit box inside the return packaging
  6. Affix the prepaid label or postage if applicable
  7. Return using the appropriate carrier
  8. Samples will remain stable under average shipping conditions, including over weekends and holidays

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Saliva Collection

STEP ONE

Good Practice

  1. Begin collecting your first saliva sample into the large tube within 30 minutes of waking for the day.
  2. Wash hands with soap and water
  3. Rinse your mouth with water
  4. Wait 5 minutes before beginning collection
STEP TWO

Fill Collection Device

  1. Allow saliva to pool in mouth, then transfer to tube
  2. Fill tube at least half full, not including bubbles
  3. Collection usually takes 15-30 minutes depending on saliva flow
  4. When done, cap the tube
STEP THREE

Complete

  1. Write your name, the date and time of collection on the tube
  2. Place the tube back into the bag
STEP FOUR

Repeat The Process

  1. Repeat this process for any other collection times using the smaller tubes provided
  2. Do not eat, drink (except water) or brush teeth at least 2 hours prior to collections
STEP FIVE

Finishing Up

  1. Complete all paperwork. Make sure all sections are filled in and your form is signed
  2. Place the sample(s), the Test Requisition form and any additional paperwork back into the plastic test kit box
  3. Make sure to include payment (if applicable)
  4. Snap test kit lid shut
  5. Place the entire test kit box inside the return packaging
  6. Affix the prepaid label or postage if applicable
  7. Return using the appropriate carrier
  8. Samples will remain stable under average shipping conditions, including over weekends and holidays

Saliva Colletion PDF Version

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Blood Collection

STEP ONE

Good Practice

  1. Collect blood sample within 1 hour of waking.
  2. Wash hand with soap and water.
  3. Use a clean towel to dry hands.
  4. Make sure hands are warm and circulation is going.
  5. Write your name, the date and time of collection on the card prior to collecting.
STEP TWO

Preparation

  1. Open the cover on the collection card.
  2. Fold it back and away from the filter paper.
  3. Avoid touching the filter paper.
  4. Tape card to a flat surface (table).
  5. Below heart at about waist level.
  6. Open the alcohol prep pad and sterile gauze.
  7. Middle or ring finger of non-dominant hand is recommended.
STEP THREE

To Collect

  1. Wipe finger with alcohol prep pad and allow to air dry.
  2. Twist cap off lancet and press small white section firmly against the side of finger pad until lancet clicks.
  3. Wipe away the first blood drop with gauze.
STEP FOUR

Collection

  1. Position finger over circle of blood spot card and gently milk (don’t squeeze) blood from the finger.
  2. Collect so that your hand is below your waist, allowing gravity to assist with blood flow.
  3. As blood drop forms and is ready to fall, touch the drop onto the center of the circle (one drop per circle).
  4. Continue collection, preferably until all circles have been filled – but it’s more important to have several good sized spots than to fill all the circles.
  5. When finished, apply bandages.
  6. Leave blood spot card open to dry – minimum 4 hours.
  7. Once somple is dry, close cover. Store card in a cool, dry location away from direct sunlight until it’s shipped.
STEP FIVE

Finishing Up

  1. Complete all paperwork. Make sure all sections are filled in and your form is signed.
  2. Place the sample, the Test Requisition form and any additional paperwork back into the plastic test kit box. Make sure to include payment (if applicable).
  3. Snap the kit lid shut.
  4. Place the entire test kit box inside the return packaging.
  5. Affix the prepaid label or postage if applicable. 
  6. Return using the appropriate carrier.
  7. Samples will remain stable under average shipping conditions, including over weekends and holidays.

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This Is How

Lab Me Works

1

Get Your Lab Me Kit

Order online and choose how often you’d like a test. We’ll mail your kit and it’ll be in your hands within only a few days.

2

Perform Your Test

Your kit contains everything you need to test from home. When you’re done, use the pre-paid envelope to send it back

3

Rapid, Accurate Results

Once we receive the test and process it, the results will be on your dashboard within 48 hours.

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