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David Emerson Root
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David E. Root, M.D., M.P.H.
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Born March, 1936
Salt Lake City, Utah
Nationality American
Known for Detoxification, Scientology
Website www.sacmedicalgroup.com
Medical career
Specialism Occupational and Environmental Medicine
David Emerson Root (born March, 1936) is an American physician known for promoting
L. Ron Hubbard's controversial Purification Rundown to treat chemical exposure.

Contents
1 Professional Life
2 Criticism
3 Other activities
4 Published Works and Presentations Cited In Books
5 Research Studies Funded
5.1 Gulf War syndrome
5.2 Utah Meth Cops project
6 References
Professional Life
Root received his medical degree from Wake Forest University School of Medicine,
Bowman Gray Campus, Winston-Salem, NC, in 1962. He served 20 years in the United
States Air Force before retiring in 1980 with the rank of Colonel[1] as Chief
Flight Surgeon and Senior Pilot.

In 1982 Dr. Root began implementing the medically unorthodox sauna detoxification
method, developed in 1978 by American author and Church of Scientology founder, L.
Ron Hubbard, from his Sacramento, California, practice in a joint venture with the
HealthMed Clinic, run by Scientologists and backed by the Los Angeles-based
Scientology front organization named "The Foundation for the Advancement of Science
and Education",[2] (FASE). Root is listed as the Medical Director of HealthMed and
the Senior Medical Advisor of FASE.[3]

He is the Senior Medical Advisor to the "International Academy of Detoxification

Specialists",[4] a subsidiary of Scientology front group New York Rescue Workers
Detoxification Project.[5]

Criticism
Scientists independent of Scientology describe the Hubbard Method as quackery,[2]
[6] unproven[7] and medically unsafe.[8] The Scientology operated Narconon drug
rehabilitation centers, for which Root is a member of the Science Advisory Board,
[9] has garnered considerable controversy as a result of its origins in Scientology
and its methods. After reviewing materials published by Narconon, University of
Oklahoma biochemistry professor Bruce Roe described the program as "a scam" based
on "half-truths and pseudo-science."[10]

Other activities
In a precedential 1987 California Workers� Compensation Appeals Board award, Root�s
testimony helped annul a 1986 denial of insurance on a claimed injury to the
petitioner's skin, gastrointestinal tract and other organs from cumulative exposure
to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) in the course of his employment. The
petitioner recovered his detoxification costs,[11] and this ruling paved the way
for other workers� compensation cases involving Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, a
controversial diagnosis which is not generally accepted by medical science.[12]

Claimed positive subjective results from the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification
Project convinced Utah State Attorney General Mark Shurtleff to fund the Utah Meth
Cops Project with over $440,000 in taxpayer dollars to treat police who complain of
health effects from exposure to meth lab toxins.[13]

Published Works and Presentations Cited In Books

"Excretion of a Lipophilic Toxicant Through the Sebaceous Glands: A Case Report",
Root, D., Lionelli, G., Journal of Toxicology: Cutaneous and Ocular Toxicology,
6(1), 13-17, 1987.[14][15][16][17][18]
"Reducing Toxic Body Burdens Advancing an Innovative Technique", Root, D.,
Anderson, J., Occupational Health and Safety, Vol. 11, No. 4, 1986.[19][20][21][22]
[23]
Research Studies Funded
Gulf War syndrome
In an effort to validate their subjective detoxification results while providing
relief to the American vets suffering from Gulf War Syndrome, FASE set out to
secure funding for a comprehensive research study through the Congressionally
Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP). Root�s testimony in 1998 to the
Presidential Special Oversight Board For Department of Defense Investigations of
Gulf War Chemical & Biological Incidents,[24] and to the Center for Disease Control
(CDC), led to an official recommendation by CDC that detoxification be studied as a
treatment option for Gulf War veterans. The $633,677.00 grant, titled "Gulf War
Illness: Evaluation of an Innovative Detoxification Program" was awarded in
September, 2010.[25]

Utah Meth Cops project

In 2012, a peer-reviewed report of the findings from the Utah Meth Cops Project
study was published on PubMed.Gov of the US National Library of Medicine for the
National Institute of Health (NIH).[26]

The report concludes, "This investigation strongly suggests that utilizing sauna
and nutritional therapy may alleviate chronic symptoms appearing after chemical
exposures associated with methamphetamine-related law enforcement activities. This
report also has relevance to addressing the apparent ill effects of other complex
chemical exposures. In view of the positive clinical outcomes in this group,
broader investigation of this sauna-based treatment regimen appears warranted."

References
Veterans History Project Col. David E. Root, M.D., M.P.H. (Ret.) "The Library of
Congress American Folklife Center", 13 April 2007, Retrieved 2016-01-13
Sappell, Joel; Robert W. Welkos (June 27, 1990). "Church Seeks Influence in
Schools, Business, Science". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
David E Root, M.D., M.P.H.Advisors and Associates "Foundation for Advancements in
Science and Education", Retrieved 2016-01-18
DeSio, John (June 6, 2007). "The Rundown on Scientology's Purification Rundown".
New York Press. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
Sappell, Joel; Robert W. Welkos (June 27, 1990). "Church Seeks Influence in
Schools, Business, Science". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 21, 2009.
O'Donnell, Michelle (October 4, 2003). "Scientologist's Treatments Lure
Firefighters". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
Ernst, Edzard (August 17, 2012). "Scientology detox programmes: expensive and
unproven". The Guardian US. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
"Church's purification course unsafe - expert". The Irish Times. February 6, 2003.
Retrieved 2016-01-21.
David E. Root, MD, MPH, DABPM Member Narconon Science Advisory Board Narconon,
Retrieved 2016-01-18
Carey, Art (October 7, 2007). "Clinic's results make 9/11 responders believe". The
Philadelphia Enquirer. Archived from the original on 2007-10-24.
Channell, J (October 19, 1987). "Kyles v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd". Court of
Appeals of California, First District, Division Four - Docket No. A037375.
Retrieved 2016-01-24.
Gibbons, John (April 1991). "Identifying and Controlling Immunotoxic Substances".
Congress of the United States - Office of Technology Assessment. Retrieved 2016-01-
15.
Carlisle, Nate; Rosetta, Lisa (November 8, 2007). "Meth cops swear they can sweat
off toxins". Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
Matthews, Bonnye L. (2008). Chemical Sensitivity: A Guide to Coping with
Hypersensitivity Syndrome, Sick Building Syndrome and Other Environmental
Illnesses. McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers. ISBN 9780786437511.
McVicker, Marilyn (1997). Sauna Detoxification Therapy: A Guide for the Chemically
Sensitive. McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers. ISBN 9780786403592.
Rogers, Sherry A. (1996). Tired or Toxic. SandKey Company, Incorporated. ISBN
9780961882129.
Rapp, Doris J. (1996). Is This Your Child's World?: How You Can Fix the Schools
and Homes That Are Making Your Children Sick. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN
9780553105131.
Fontaine RN MSN, Karen Lee (2014). Complementary and Alternative Therapies for
Nursing Practice (4th Edition) 4th Edition. Pearson. ISBN 9780133346503.
Shays (ed), Christopher (1998). Gulf War Syndrome: To Examine New Studies
Suggesting Links Between Gulf Service & Higher Rates of Illness. DIANE Publishing.
ISBN 9780788170836.
Adkinson Jr. MD, N. Franklin; Bochner MD, Bruce S; Burks MD, A Wesley; Busse MD,
William W; Holgate MD DSc FMedSci, Stephen T; Lemanske Jr. MD, Robert F; Robyn E,
O'Hehir FRACP PhD FRCPath (2013). Middleton's Allergy: Principles and Practice,
Vol. 1 8th Edition. Saunders. ISBN 9780323085939.
Katzman, Arlene; Schnare, David W. (1989). Chemical Contamination and Its Victims:
Medical Remedies, Legal Redress, and Public Policy. Quorum Books. ISBN
9780899304281.
Mitchell, Frank L. (1995). Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: A Scientific Overview.
Princeton Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated. ISBN 9780911131536.
Middleton, Elliott (1993). Allergy: principles and practice, Volume 2. CRC Press.
ISBN 9780801664274.
http://www.gulflink.osd.mil Presidential Special Oversight Board For Department Of
Defense Investigations Of Gulf War Chemical And Biological Incidents "GulfLINK",
Retrieved 2015-11-20
Award Number W81XWH-10-1-1004 Department Of Defense - Congressionally Directed
Medical Research Programs Award "Gulf War Illness: Evaluation of an Innovative
Detoxification Program", Retrieved 2016-01-13
Ross, Gerald; Sternquist, Marie (September 28, 2012). "Methamphetamine exposure
and chronic illness in police officers: significant improvement with sauna-based
detoxification therapy". National Institute of Health. PMC 3573677?Freely
accessible.
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