Western Standard - November 10, 2023


Dr Robert Dickson on water fluoridation


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In this episode, we talk about the dangers of fluoride in our water supply, and how we got to the point where we have to add it into our drinking water supply. We also talk a bit about the effects of fluoride on our kidneys and teeth.

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00:00:00.000 So we look across the world, right next door to us in BC,
00:00:02.760 98% do not fluoridate in British Columbia.
00:00:06.360 Quebec, 99%, pretty soon going to 100%,
00:00:09.500 do not fluoridate in Quebec.
00:00:11.620 95% of the world does not fluoridate.
00:00:13.980 97% of Europe does not fluoridate.
00:00:17.280 The only people that fluoridate are the United States,
00:00:19.340 Canada, some, Australia, and New Zealand, quite a bit.
00:00:23.380 Other than that, nobody fluoridates.
00:00:25.500 So just this side note, I'm on a water well, actually.
00:00:28.000 I'm just outside of the city,
00:00:29.700 but there's some degree of naturally occurring fluoride
00:00:32.460 in some water supplies as well.
00:00:34.200 Like it doesn't necessarily have to be put in
00:00:35.840 by a local municipal service.
00:00:38.260 Yeah, and that's a little bit different.
00:00:39.960 That's natural calcium fluoride, which is really tightly bound.
00:00:43.420 And if you look at the entire Earth's crust,
00:00:45.460 almost everywhere there's calcium fluoride,
00:00:47.600 but usually it's in fairly small amounts.
00:00:49.700 Like in our Boer River system on the north side,
00:00:51.720 there's 0.2 parts per million.
00:00:53.540 And that's about the maximum it should be
00:00:55.240 that all the studies show.
00:00:56.200 That should be the maximum allowed amount of fluoride.
00:00:58.820 So calcium fluoride, 0.2 parts per million in the bow,
00:01:01.580 about 0.3 parts per million on the average in the elbow system.
00:01:05.160 So yeah, I mean, is that going to harm us?
00:01:08.080 Not much.
00:01:08.580 We can sort of flush it out through the kidneys.
00:01:10.460 We'll put some in the bone,
00:01:11.960 but it's not enough that it's going to cause harm.
00:01:14.720 But we start putting hydrofluorosilic acid,
00:01:17.420 which is the waste product from the fertilizer industry,
00:01:20.380 into our water.
00:01:21.120 That's when we get in trouble.
00:01:22.480 Oh, we're just topping up the natural fluoride.
00:01:24.880 Well, yeah, you're topping it up with a waste product.
00:01:27.220 It's not cleaned.
00:01:28.480 It's not pharmaceutical grade.
00:01:30.740 And for what point?