HGTV Star Says She Has Mercury, Lead Poisoning From Renovating ‘Gross’ Houses

HGTV host Christina Haack revealed that she’s suffering from some medical issues that she says likely stem from renovating older “gross” houses in her past. 

The “Christina on the Coast” star shared this week that her medical test results provided answers after having “some unexplained health stuff for years,” per Page Six. “My scan said I have mercury and lead poisoning,” Haack shared to her Instagram Story. “Most likely from all the gross houses I’ve been in (all the bad flips).”

She also revealed she had “small intestine bacteria overgrowth.”

“So we are first detoxing all of this through herbs and IVs and then [we’ll] see how I feel and tackle implants,” the 39-year-old mom of three continued. 

Haack, who became a household name on the series “Flip or Flop” alongside ex-husband Tarek El Moussa, had previously told followers she was experiencing multiple issues that she was looking into with the help of her doctor. She speculated that her breast implants could be to blame.

“Been super exhausted lately so [I’m] on a kick to get back into my body. I’ve had some unexplained health stuff for years, and now I’m considering the thought that this could be breast implant related,” she shared in an Instagram post. 

Haack told followers she was having her eye fillers dissolved due to inflammation. Next, she listed her many troubling symptoms, including “inflammation, autoimmune issues (Hashimoto’s disease, PCOS, Raynaud’s syndrome), unexplained skin rashes, joint and muscle pain, dry eyes, GI issues, SIBO, acid reflux, brain fog, hormone imbalances, swollen lymph nodes and adrenal fatigue.”

Haack and El Moussa divorced in 2018 after nine years of marriage. They share two children, Taylor and Brayden. Haack married British TV star Ant Anstead in 2018 and the pair had a son, Hudson. Then they announced their separation in 2020. Haack married realtor Joshua Hall earlier this year.

The custody battle over Hudson turned ugly as Anstead accused his ex of exploiting the child for fame. “The risks for a child working on a television production set (even if that ‘set’ is Christina’s home) are innumerable and well documented,” court documents said, as The Daily Wire previously reported.

The documents further stated that children who got famous too young were at a higher risk of suicide. As of early December, the former couple came to a mutually agreeable custody agreement and won’t be going to trial in March as originally planned. 

Pitbulls Attack Students And Teachers At Middle School, Leave 21 Injured

Two pit bulls attacked a playground in Missouri this week, leaving nearly two dozen people injured.

The attack happened Tuesday at Willard Intermediate South school in Springfield, Missouri, which serves students that are in grades 5 and 6.

In total, 18 students and three teachers were injured, including six that required emergency medical services due to the severity of their injuries. Newsweek reported that some of the injuries happened during the chaotic moments when people were running into the school to get away from the vicious dogs.

The Springfield News-Leader reported that the dogs ran onto the playground during afternoon recess and that animal control was on scene “within 10 minutes.” The animal control officers quickly located the owner, who willingly turned over the dogs to be euthanized.

“There was an incident during recess in which neighborhood dogs got onto the playground and injured several students and teachers,” Heather Harman-Michael, director of communications and public relations for Willard School District, said in a statement. “Parents of students who were affected were contacted and ambulances were on site to assess and treat any injuries.”

Harman-Michael said that there were “a lot of students who saw” the attack happen because everyone was outside for recess.

“We had district administration and we had nurses and counselors from other buildings come to Intermediate South to be of assistance,” she added.

Statistics show that millions of people are bitten by dogs every year in the U.S., with roughly half of the victims being children.

Pit bulls are by far the dog that is the most responsible for attacking people. Over the last 10 years that dog bite statistics have been available, there have been 430 fatal dog bites in the U.S., pit bulls were responsible for 185 deaths while pit bull mixes were responsible for 41 deaths. Combined, those 226 fatalities represent 52.5% of all fatal dog bites in the U.S.

“When any situation occurs, we come together to discuss what happened, what we could have done differently, and what we can do in the future to prevent similar occurrences from happening. Those are the conversations we will be having in the days and weeks ahead,” Harman-Michael added. “We are encouraging our neighbors to be cognizant of keeping their animals contained near all of our campuses as we continue to encourage outdoor play. We want to thank the Intermediate South staff who responded quickly to the situation, and other district staff who were on site quickly to provide assistance.”