Sodium and Total Dissolved Solids Increase in Water
After Fluoridation
Metropolitan Water District of San Diego
by Richard Sauerheber, Ph.D.
University of CA, San Diego
Currently Palomar College, San Marcos
In 2007 the Metropolitan Water District of San Diego began injecting industrial grade sodium fluorosilicate into drinking water, allegedly to treat tooth decay. Both sodium and total dissolved solids have steadily increased since that time. The lines in the charts above are computed moving averages.
For every ton of industrial waste fluosilicic acid added to drinking water, another half ton of sodium hydroxide (Drano) must be added to maintain pH at 8.1. Two sodium ions are required to neutralize two H+ ions from H2SiF6.
San Diego gets its water from the Colorado River. Pristine drinking water is low in sodium with levels typically under 10 ppm. The Colorado has natural levels higher than that, but salt levels spiked when The EPA initiated its salt abatement program, which is wrongly named because what it does is allow more salt to be dumped into the Colorado. The EPA allows scores of industries along the Colorado to release one ton of salt a day into the river. Shell Oil is allowed to release 2,000 tons per day from just one of its facilities on the Colorado. This is a particularly stupid policy: Salty water could be released into holding ponds and allowed to evaporate. No significant amount of salt should be allowed deposited into the Colorado.
Fluoridation brings with it even more sodium. Sodium content has risen from below 80 ppm to above 90 ppm since fluoridation began. This additional salt is affecting crop yields and vegetable and fruit quality. For example, avocado production in Southern California is down due to rising sodium levels (North County Times, 2010). When salt reaches around 116 ppm, water is no longer usable to irrigate crops or even grass. Compare ocean water in which the salt level is around 35,000 ppm. Crops need fresh water containing low levels of salt.
Now we are foolishly adding sodium in the form of sodium hydroxide, in order to counter the acidity of the silicofluorides we foolishly add to fight tooth decay. The best research shows fluoride does not protect teeth and instead causes fluorosis of teeth and bones and a host of other problems with organs and systems throughout the body.
The Metropolitan Water District Los Angeles encountered the industrial salt injection problem in 2007, when it started adding 0.1 tons of sodium daily at Lake Skinner alone in the form of sodium hydroxide.
Total dissolved solids (TDS) has also increased since San Diego began fluoridation. The EPA secondary standard for TDS is 500 ppm, and San Diego is exceeding that.
Salinity is a huge problem for agriculture and for human health. Ironically, the EPA has not developed standards for sodium since fresh water has historically been low in sodium. Until recently it has not been a problem. The sodium level in blood is 3,000 ppm but is typically 0-10 ppm in pristine fresh drinking water.
The Vallecitos Water District has raised no objections or questions to MWD on the injections and has ignored public testimony since 2006 opposing the ingestion of the non-FDA-approved fluoride water drug.
Corporate propaganda has turned “fluoride” into a good word. However, the silicofluoride form of fluoride used brings with it lead, arsenic, other heavy metals, and now salt. This is just one of many reasons why fluoridation of drinking water is an unwise policy. If people want to ingest fluoride, they need only swallow some of their toothpaste or mouthwash.
Scientifically yours,
Dr. Richard Sauerheber richsauerheb@hotmail.com Phone: 760-744-2547 Click here to see charts and PFD version.https://www.fluoride-class-action.com/wp-content/uploads/Sauerheber-on-Sodium-6-4-11.pdf
Thank you, Dr. Sauerheber- it is a shame we are forced to ingest toxins by our government. I am always amazed at the stupidity that prevails in our world. At least scientists such as yourself still speak the truth for those of us who can discern it.