William Shaw received his Ph.D. in biochemistry and human physiology from the Medical University of South Carolina and is board certified in clinical chemistry and toxicology. Dr. Shaw has supervised large endocrinology, nutritional biochemistry, toxicology, and immunology departments in positions at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Smith Kline Laboratories in Atlanta, Georgia. As the Director of The Great Plains Laboratory, Inc. in Lenexa, Kansas, he specialises in providing diagnostic tools aiding in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health disorders, mitochondrial disorders, neurological diseases, chronic health issues, and immune diseases.

2016 - The Effects of Toxic Chemicals on Chronic Illness

A high percentage of all people are now exposed to a soup of toxic chemicals. Toxic chemical exposure has been implicated as a major factor in impaired learning ability, attention deficit, hyperactivity, pervasive developmental disorder, Alzheimer’s disease, depression, cancer, multiple sclerosis, and autism. Documentation of common chemicals in the environment that cause illnesses and their sources will be presented along with methods to prevent exposure and to remove them when exposure has already occurred. Metals are one of the most common groups of toxic chemicals and the treatment of toxic metal exposure will be examined.

Learning Objectives
1. The attendee will learn how humans are exposed to a wide variety of toxic chemicals.
2. The attendee will learn which toxic chemicals can cause human disease.
3. The attendee will learn the most toxic metals in the environment as well as trace elements that are toxic in excess.
4. The attendee will learn techniques that can be used for the elimination of most toxic chemicals in the environment.