WEBVTT 00:00:00.330 --> 00:00:03.450 Prepare to have your health questions answered 00:00:03.450 --> 00:00:07.269 here on Safe, Effective Natural Solutions with 00:00:07.269 --> 00:00:10.810 Dr. Todd Binkley, owner of Binkley Healing Center 00:00:10.810 --> 00:00:15.410 in downtown Ventura. Now, here's Dr. Todd. Good 00:00:15.410 --> 00:00:17.510 afternoon, I'm Dr. Todd Binkley, board certified 00:00:17.510 --> 00:00:19.769 doctor of non -force chiropractic and practitioner 00:00:19.769 --> 00:00:22.690 of functional medicine. Functional medicine means 00:00:22.690 --> 00:00:26.550 using standard diagnostic tests to identify conditions 00:00:26.550 --> 00:00:30.370 most doctors miss, or far too many doctors miss, 00:00:30.870 --> 00:00:32.670 in large part because they don't order those 00:00:32.670 --> 00:00:36.539 tests to find something. you must first look 00:00:36.539 --> 00:00:39.560 for it. And most doctors are limited because 00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:43.380 they're employees of corporations and boards 00:00:43.380 --> 00:00:47.960 of directors, governing boards that limit their 00:00:47.960 --> 00:00:51.119 treatment decisions and their test ordering decisions. 00:00:51.740 --> 00:00:55.039 Most medical doctors are actually penalized for 00:00:55.039 --> 00:00:59.119 ordering tests to identify whether or not you're 00:00:59.119 --> 00:01:02.500 healthy. How is that possible? How does that 00:01:02.500 --> 00:01:05.299 even make any sense? Why would any doctor be 00:01:05.299 --> 00:01:09.159 prevented from ordering tests by any organization 00:01:09.159 --> 00:01:12.359 to determine whether or not their patients are 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:16.180 healthy? Well, simply because the practice of 00:01:16.180 --> 00:01:20.180 medicine has nothing to do with identifying whether 00:01:20.180 --> 00:01:23.209 or not you're healthy. or restoring health. It 00:01:23.209 --> 00:01:27.069 has to do with the diagnosis. The definition 00:01:27.069 --> 00:01:30.909 of medicine is the diagnosis and treatment of 00:01:30.909 --> 00:01:34.750 disease. disease you already have, disease that's 00:01:34.750 --> 00:01:39.150 bad enough to justify the risks and costs of 00:01:39.150 --> 00:01:42.329 pharmaceuticals and surgery and expensive tests. 00:01:42.469 --> 00:01:45.170 So if you want to be proactive, unfortunately 00:01:45.170 --> 00:01:49.170 you have to often pay for that proactivity yourself, 00:01:49.790 --> 00:01:52.450 insurance, there's no such thing as health insurance. 00:01:53.040 --> 00:01:55.340 What goes under the guise of health insurance 00:01:55.340 --> 00:01:58.879 is medical insurance. It pays for medical care 00:01:58.879 --> 00:02:02.319 to treat a medical condition in a crisis, an 00:02:02.319 --> 00:02:05.040 acute condition, an infection, an accident, or 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:08.539 an injury, or a diagnosis of a severe enough 00:02:08.539 --> 00:02:11.240 chronic condition that requires hospitalization, 00:02:11.900 --> 00:02:13.979 pharmaceutical, cancer, heart disease, surgery, 00:02:14.500 --> 00:02:18.330 et cetera. It's a sad fact, but it's true. So 00:02:18.330 --> 00:02:21.050 the purpose of the show is to help you take better 00:02:21.050 --> 00:02:24.889 care of yourself to identify ways that you can 00:02:24.889 --> 00:02:28.090 improve your health, restore your health, maintain 00:02:28.090 --> 00:02:31.710 your health, avoid becoming dependent on pharmaceuticals 00:02:31.710 --> 00:02:33.650 and mainstream medicine for the rest of your 00:02:33.650 --> 00:02:37.310 life. The title of today's episode is Synergistic 00:02:37.310 --> 00:02:41.270 Toxins. I just heard this on a fantastic film 00:02:41.270 --> 00:02:45.389 that I just saw called Intoxicated as Mercury 00:02:45.389 --> 00:02:49.409 Rises. all about the unavoidable exposure to 00:02:49.409 --> 00:02:53.550 mercury that Everyone is exposed to from dental 00:02:53.550 --> 00:02:57.150 amalgams from fish in the oceans which comes 00:02:57.150 --> 00:02:59.830 from coal -fired power plants It's a detailed 00:02:59.830 --> 00:03:03.030 examination of this problem and features many 00:03:03.030 --> 00:03:06.289 experts among them a man I'm happy to call my 00:03:06.289 --> 00:03:08.629 colleague and friend for many years. Dr. Robin 00:03:08.629 --> 00:03:13.289 Bernhoft if you go to PubMed as I often recommend 00:03:13.289 --> 00:03:16.090 many people do, this is the location, the most 00:03:16.090 --> 00:03:19.789 accessible location of real peer -reviewed literature. 00:03:20.370 --> 00:03:24.110 If you go to PubMed and punch in Mercury Toxicity, 00:03:24.389 --> 00:03:28.009 the first article that comes up is Mercury Toxicity 00:03:28.009 --> 00:03:30.990 and Treatment, a review of the literature by 00:03:30.990 --> 00:03:35.000 Dr. Robin Bernhoft. Dr. Bernhoff is a former 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:37.000 general surgeon with a subspecialty training 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:39.099 in liver and pancreatic surgery who received 00:03:39.099 --> 00:03:41.039 his undergraduate degree from Harvard and his 00:03:41.039 --> 00:03:44.539 medical degree from Washington University at 00:03:44.539 --> 00:03:47.900 St. Louis and completed his residency. at University 00:03:47.900 --> 00:03:50.000 of California, San Francisco, where he practiced 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:53.360 many years as an ER physician. He and I became 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:56.719 colleagues and friends at a functional medicine 00:03:56.719 --> 00:03:59.979 conference many years ago. And I've been privileged 00:03:59.979 --> 00:04:04.139 to utilize his expertise, especially regarding 00:04:04.139 --> 00:04:07.360 treating, diagnosing and treating environmental 00:04:07.360 --> 00:04:10.560 toxicities like mercury and several others for 00:04:10.560 --> 00:04:14.500 over a decade now. The link to the film is intoxicatedmovie 00:04:14.500 --> 00:04:18.120 .com. I've been getting some pretty good reviews 00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:22.699 from my coverage of the toxins, wildfires, things 00:04:22.699 --> 00:04:26.079 that we're commonly exposed to. But I often wonder, 00:04:26.600 --> 00:04:29.660 am I making people miserable? We need a cause 00:04:29.660 --> 00:04:32.420 for hope. What are we going to do about all these 00:04:32.420 --> 00:04:36.720 toxins that we're constantly exposed to? So awareness 00:04:36.720 --> 00:04:40.019 is part of it, but I want to stress that there 00:04:40.019 --> 00:04:44.170 is always a way. to identify yours but what do 00:04:44.170 --> 00:04:46.649 you know how what does this mean to you it's 00:04:46.649 --> 00:04:49.689 the most important thing is to identify your 00:04:49.689 --> 00:04:53.149 body burden of toxins they're bad they're everywhere 00:04:53.149 --> 00:04:56.250 it's important to know that but when people hear 00:04:56.250 --> 00:04:59.089 that i feel like sometimes they just shut it 00:04:59.089 --> 00:05:02.170 out figure what can i do well what you can do 00:05:02.170 --> 00:05:05.939 is get tested to identify your body burden or 00:05:05.939 --> 00:05:08.319 a member of your family, especially those who 00:05:08.319 --> 00:05:11.120 are most sensitive to toxins, pregnant women, 00:05:11.720 --> 00:05:15.139 young children, the elderly, anyone with a chronic 00:05:15.139 --> 00:05:17.360 neurodegenerative condition like Alzheimer's 00:05:17.360 --> 00:05:20.980 or Parkinson's, but also people with autoimmune 00:05:20.980 --> 00:05:24.939 conditions like multiple sclerosis. lupus, rheumatoid 00:05:24.939 --> 00:05:28.639 arthritis, or Hashimoto's thyroiditis, even low 00:05:28.639 --> 00:05:32.279 thyroid, these things are often the result of 00:05:32.279 --> 00:05:34.980 accumulation of toxins in your body and if you 00:05:34.980 --> 00:05:38.040 have been diagnosed and treated with a condition 00:05:38.040 --> 00:05:40.220 like this and no one else can figure out how 00:05:40.220 --> 00:05:42.160 to treat it or you've been taking the medications 00:05:42.160 --> 00:05:44.279 for it and no one can figure out why it's not 00:05:44.279 --> 00:05:47.360 working, then heavy metal toxicities are often 00:05:47.360 --> 00:05:50.639 the cause. And mood disorders, which is a huge 00:05:50.639 --> 00:05:54.639 category. So basically any your brain, your brain 00:05:54.639 --> 00:05:59.759 is the most sensitive organ to any toxic exposure 00:05:59.759 --> 00:06:04.939 and any nutrient deficiency. And toxic exposures 00:06:04.939 --> 00:06:09.300 and nutrient deficiencies go hand in hand. Does 00:06:09.300 --> 00:06:12.939 one cause the other? Well, toxic exposures doesn't 00:06:12.939 --> 00:06:15.339 cause nutrient deficiencies. I hope that's obvious, 00:06:15.639 --> 00:06:19.519 but nutrient deficiencies dramatically increases 00:06:19.519 --> 00:06:24.769 the... the effects of toxic exposure. So that's 00:06:24.769 --> 00:06:28.209 the most frustrating thing. There's so much misinformation, 00:06:28.750 --> 00:06:31.110 confusing information out there in the world 00:06:31.110 --> 00:06:34.490 about toxin exposure. Oh, there's nothing wrong 00:06:34.490 --> 00:06:38.029 with that. That stuff's not bad at all. A thousand 00:06:38.029 --> 00:06:40.310 people, a hundred thousand people were exposed 00:06:40.310 --> 00:06:42.870 to this or that toxin and it had no effect on 00:06:42.870 --> 00:06:46.360 them. So we're told by government agencies, by 00:06:46.360 --> 00:06:50.019 various so -called health authorities, and the 00:06:50.019 --> 00:06:52.819 thing that everyone needs to know is that toxins 00:06:52.819 --> 00:06:55.920 are tested just like drugs. They're tested one 00:06:55.920 --> 00:07:00.629 at a time in isolation. on a few people. Anytime 00:07:00.629 --> 00:07:03.629 you hear that this has been tested and proved 00:07:03.629 --> 00:07:08.149 as safe, you can, if you go to PubMed or wherever 00:07:08.149 --> 00:07:10.670 these people have to cite their references, look 00:07:10.670 --> 00:07:12.790 up, look it up and you'll find they're tested 00:07:12.790 --> 00:07:17.110 on maybe a few hundred people and cited as safe 00:07:17.110 --> 00:07:20.370 because no one has died yet and that's also a 00:07:20.370 --> 00:07:24.310 really not a very good indicator of safety. No 00:07:24.310 --> 00:07:27.660 one died. The fact that no one died does not 00:07:27.660 --> 00:07:31.680 mean that after three months of taking a single 00:07:31.680 --> 00:07:35.040 substance is not necessarily a very good indicator 00:07:35.040 --> 00:07:37.279 of whether or not something is safe. And I know 00:07:37.279 --> 00:07:39.879 I'm being a little facetious right now, but it's 00:07:39.879 --> 00:07:43.680 not too far from the truth of how so many things 00:07:43.680 --> 00:07:47.579 are tested and reported as safe. They test one 00:07:47.579 --> 00:07:51.279 toxin at a time on how many people? Sometimes 00:07:51.279 --> 00:07:53.560 a few hundred, sometimes a few thousand, but 00:07:53.560 --> 00:07:56.790 not millions. When drugs are approved, they're 00:07:56.790 --> 00:07:59.509 tested on a few hundred people, sometimes a few 00:07:59.509 --> 00:08:01.610 thousand. Then when they go out into the market 00:08:01.610 --> 00:08:05.209 and millions of people take them, they're recalled 00:08:05.209 --> 00:08:09.209 for causing way too many deaths to be considered 00:08:09.209 --> 00:08:13.220 safe and acceptable. It's always a crap shoot. 00:08:13.420 --> 00:08:16.360 You're a guinea pig, especially if you try new 00:08:16.360 --> 00:08:18.959 drugs. So that's a little bit of a sidebar, a 00:08:18.959 --> 00:08:21.600 little bit of a discursion in the subject, but 00:08:21.600 --> 00:08:24.600 drugs are toxins. What's the difference between 00:08:24.600 --> 00:08:28.639 a drug and a nutrient? Drugs are necessary to 00:08:28.639 --> 00:08:31.959 save your life in a crisis. I'm not against drugs. 00:08:32.620 --> 00:08:35.259 Everyone needs drugs when they're in a crisis 00:08:35.259 --> 00:08:38.519 to save their life, but they have toxic effects, 00:08:38.539 --> 00:08:41.580 and that is why It's a double -edged sword. They 00:08:41.580 --> 00:08:44.899 have an immediate effect by taking control of 00:08:44.899 --> 00:08:47.960 your physiology, but because they take control 00:08:47.960 --> 00:08:50.620 of your physiology and override normal defense 00:08:50.620 --> 00:08:53.399 mechanisms and control mechanisms, they also 00:08:53.399 --> 00:08:57.759 have toxic effects that kill 100 ,000 people 00:08:57.759 --> 00:09:01.340 a year. The number varies year to year, but on 00:09:01.340 --> 00:09:04.259 average, year to year, in the United States alone, 00:09:04.759 --> 00:09:08.539 about 100 ,000 people die from properly prescribed 00:09:08.539 --> 00:09:11.769 medications. I'm Dr. Todd Binkley. You're listening 00:09:11.769 --> 00:09:14.070 to safe effective natural solutions to almost 00:09:14.070 --> 00:09:17.529 any health challenge. The smoldering symphony 00:09:17.529 --> 00:09:21.669 of Los Angeles is the headline for a recent medical 00:09:21.669 --> 00:09:25.330 article about how this is the devastating effects 00:09:25.330 --> 00:09:28.190 of the fires in Los Angeles. This wildfire is 00:09:28.190 --> 00:09:31.690 not like. any other in California history in 00:09:31.690 --> 00:09:35.509 its scope and people need to be reminded. I'm 00:09:35.509 --> 00:09:39.830 hoping to impress upon listeners that this includes 00:09:39.830 --> 00:09:43.149 a slew of toxic chemicals that are released into 00:09:43.149 --> 00:09:46.370 the air, including particulates, byproducts of 00:09:46.370 --> 00:09:49.629 plastic, fire retardant materials, asbestos, 00:09:49.850 --> 00:09:52.210 a host of thousands of chemicals that are found 00:09:52.210 --> 00:09:55.720 in commercial and residential properties, there's 00:09:55.720 --> 00:09:59.200 been a recent uptick in hospital admissions for 00:09:59.200 --> 00:10:03.279 inhalant injuries and inconsistent use of personal 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:07.299 protective equipment in the community. It's something 00:10:07.299 --> 00:10:11.700 that people need to be aware of. So it's, anyone 00:10:11.700 --> 00:10:13.860 who lives in Southern California has seen the 00:10:13.860 --> 00:10:15.759 fires come and go over the years, they're becoming 00:10:15.759 --> 00:10:18.519 more frequent, but the long -term effects of 00:10:18.519 --> 00:10:21.639 the mass release of these chemicals is resulting 00:10:21.639 --> 00:10:25.580 in increased concerns about cancer. risks and 00:10:25.580 --> 00:10:28.200 immunological effects in the first responders 00:10:28.200 --> 00:10:32.720 as well as those in direct proximity to the wildfires 00:10:32.720 --> 00:10:35.299 as similar to the World Trade Center aftermath 00:10:35.299 --> 00:10:38.100 but also all of us throughout Southern California 00:10:38.100 --> 00:10:42.200 if you smell smoke if you see smoke some people 00:10:42.200 --> 00:10:45.000 are sensitive to this more sensitive than others 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:49.139 I'm super sensitive to it And it's a healthy 00:10:49.139 --> 00:10:52.659 response to be, to notice something toxic that 00:10:52.659 --> 00:10:55.779 is, you know, bothering your lungs and then... 00:10:55.740 --> 00:10:59.240 make you want to cough that stuff out or hopefully 00:10:59.240 --> 00:11:01.940 inspire you to close your windows and put on 00:11:01.940 --> 00:11:04.320 a help a filter filter that stuff out your body 00:11:04.320 --> 00:11:06.879 reacts to these things for a reason and even 00:11:06.879 --> 00:11:10.120 if you're not noticing a reaction just pay attention 00:11:10.120 --> 00:11:13.799 to the news go to air gov website look up your 00:11:13.799 --> 00:11:17.179 air quality and protect yourself from this stuff 00:11:17.179 --> 00:11:22.179 so ash left left behind the los angeles wildfires 00:11:22.179 --> 00:11:24.779 might be toxic is another headline from a recent 00:11:24.779 --> 00:11:27.620 medical report experts warned that blazes unleashed 00:11:27.620 --> 00:11:31.360 a complex chemical reactions on paint furniture 00:11:31.360 --> 00:11:34.240 materials cars electronics and other belongings 00:11:34.240 --> 00:11:37.480 turning ordinary objects into potentially toxic 00:11:37.480 --> 00:11:41.120 ash well it's not potential it's it's toxic ash 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:44.230 that requires protective gear to handle safely. 00:11:44.330 --> 00:11:48.029 The ash includes harmful lead, asbestos, arsenic, 00:11:48.970 --> 00:11:51.710 and other newer synthetic materials. Some of 00:11:51.710 --> 00:11:54.129 these chemicals are linked to cardiovascular 00:11:54.129 --> 00:11:58.139 disease and reduced lung function. and the toxic 00:11:58.139 --> 00:12:02.480 effects of inhaling arsenic, chromium, and benzene. 00:12:02.559 --> 00:12:06.220 Exposure to magnetite, which can form when fire 00:12:06.220 --> 00:12:09.200 burns iron, has been linked to Alzheimer's disease. 00:12:09.720 --> 00:12:14.399 So many researchers reported on the long -term 00:12:14.399 --> 00:12:18.919 effects of linked to dust. From September 11th, 00:12:18.919 --> 00:12:23.500 for example, Jackson Webster, PhD, who studies 00:12:23.500 --> 00:12:26.700 fire aftermath, professor of civil engineering. 00:12:26.570 --> 00:12:28.970 at California State University at Chico, quote, 00:12:29.210 --> 00:12:31.909 I always kind of reminded myself of all the people 00:12:31.909 --> 00:12:33.990 that ran into the World Trade Center on 9 -11 00:12:33.990 --> 00:12:37.889 and were really there for not that long period 00:12:37.889 --> 00:12:41.049 of time, but the effect on their total exposure. 00:12:41.850 --> 00:12:45.529 Increasing cases of all kinds of different diseases, 00:12:46.210 --> 00:12:49.269 illness, and sickness. More studies are necessary, 00:12:49.590 --> 00:12:53.549 but early reports are not encouraging. And many 00:12:53.549 --> 00:12:57.009 scientists wonder where all this waste will go. 00:12:57.330 --> 00:13:00.570 Potentially hazardous waste materials end up 00:13:00.570 --> 00:13:03.570 in drinking water and even flow into the ocean. 00:13:03.899 --> 00:13:06.419 Contaminated drinking water is a growing concern 00:13:06.419 --> 00:13:10.139 for cities facing wildfires is another headline 00:13:10.139 --> 00:13:13.100 of recent medical study. Pasadena Water and Power 00:13:13.100 --> 00:13:17.019 recently issued a do not drink notice to about 00:13:17.019 --> 00:13:19.659 a third of its customers for the first time since 00:13:19.659 --> 00:13:22.600 it began distributing water more than a century 00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:26.340 ago with at least one burned pump, several damaged 00:13:26.340 --> 00:13:28.879 storage tanks and burned homes. They knew it 00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:32.779 was a chance to toxic chemicals that toxic chemicals 00:13:32.779 --> 00:13:35.539 had. entered the pipes. This week they lifted 00:13:35.539 --> 00:13:38.500 the notice after most of the area had undergone 00:13:38.500 --> 00:13:41.179 testing showing that the water was safe. But 00:13:41.179 --> 00:13:44.100 why does this happen? How do urban fires cause 00:13:44.100 --> 00:13:48.759 a risk to drinking water? Well, when large fires 00:13:48.759 --> 00:13:51.860 burn in towns and cities, rather than in forests 00:13:51.860 --> 00:13:54.879 and grasslands, the infrastructure can be heavily 00:13:54.879 --> 00:13:58.139 damaged because drinking water systems can have, 00:13:58.139 --> 00:14:01.659 there's ash, smoke, soot, and other debris gases 00:14:01.659 --> 00:14:05.440 that get sucked into the piping network. So says 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:10.580 Dr. Andrew Welton, PhD, Purdue University engineering 00:14:10.580 --> 00:14:12.759 professor who researches water contamination 00:14:12.759 --> 00:14:16.580 in communities hit by fire. These toxic elements 00:14:16.580 --> 00:14:20.080 can be particularly bad because chemically engineered 00:14:20.080 --> 00:14:23.019 plastics, synthetics and building materials in 00:14:23.019 --> 00:14:26.220 households are heating, burning and releasing 00:14:26.220 --> 00:14:29.220 particles and gases and some of these chemicals 00:14:29.220 --> 00:14:32.460 are harmful even at very low concentrations but 00:14:32.460 --> 00:14:35.379 how do these things get into the pipes that deliver 00:14:35.379 --> 00:14:38.090 our water? Well, water systems are typically 00:14:38.090 --> 00:14:40.350 under pressure. They're always under pressure. 00:14:40.470 --> 00:14:42.429 You turn on your faucet, the water is under pressure. 00:14:42.490 --> 00:14:45.169 You notice if it's not. And so that pressure 00:14:45.169 --> 00:14:48.649 itself is usually enough to keep harmful elements 00:14:48.649 --> 00:14:52.289 out. But that critical pressure can easily be 00:14:52.289 --> 00:14:56.909 lost in many ways during a fire, just from people 00:14:56.909 --> 00:14:59.129 turning on their own garden hose to try and fight 00:14:59.129 --> 00:15:01.870 the fire. Obviously, the firefighters use a lot 00:15:01.870 --> 00:15:05.759 of water. But pipes in burned buildings can also 00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:09.700 be damaged, spewing water. Power losses can cause 00:15:09.700 --> 00:15:14.889 pressure loss when pumps stop working. It's really 00:15:14.889 --> 00:15:17.129 hard, if not impossible, to keep up the power 00:15:17.129 --> 00:15:18.990 supply to the whole water system in the event 00:15:18.990 --> 00:15:21.190 of a fire because you're either shutting off 00:15:21.190 --> 00:15:23.870 the power because power can contribute to the 00:15:23.870 --> 00:15:28.509 fire or it just goes out, says Greg Pierce, professor 00:15:28.509 --> 00:15:30.730 of urban environmental policy at the University 00:15:30.730 --> 00:15:33.629 of California. This happened in the Maui fires 00:15:33.629 --> 00:15:37.110 in 2023. So what's the health risk? Well, toxic 00:15:37.110 --> 00:15:40.330 chemicals and drinking water after a fire pose 00:15:40.330 --> 00:15:44.860 risks ranging from temporary nausea, to cancer. 00:15:45.419 --> 00:15:49.519 Dr. Lynn Goldman, MD, MPH, Dean of the Milken 00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:51.580 Institute of Public Health at George Washington 00:15:51.580 --> 00:15:54.659 University, referring to the campfire that burned 00:15:54.659 --> 00:15:57.960 most of Paradise, California said there were 00:15:57.960 --> 00:16:01.559 benzene levels high enough to acutely give a 00:16:01.559 --> 00:16:05.620 child a blood disorder. Well, that's a quiet 00:16:05.620 --> 00:16:08.899 reference to what would most likely be leukemia 00:16:08.899 --> 00:16:12.159 or lymphoma, common cancers that children are 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:14.159 vulnerable to. So in terms of cancer risk, what 00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:17.320 we're really interested in is the cumulative 00:16:17.320 --> 00:16:20.360 effect that you're exposed to over an entire 00:16:20.360 --> 00:16:24.679 lifetime. Says dr. Goldman and the safe level 00:16:24.679 --> 00:16:28.120 even very low levels of chemicals like benzene 00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:31.879 can cause a concern and known carcinogen safe 00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:37.460 level and drinking water less than one part per 00:16:37.460 --> 00:16:40.379 billion. So much higher levels of that can occur 00:16:40.379 --> 00:16:44.440 after a fire damage to the water systems like 00:16:44.440 --> 00:16:46.720 this. Individuals employed in industries that 00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:49.279 could make or use benzene can be exposed to the 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:52.799 highest levels. As many as 238 ,000 people may 00:16:52.799 --> 00:16:55.639 be occupationally exposed to benzene in the US, 00:16:55.940 --> 00:16:58.120 especially individuals employed in the petroleum 00:16:58.120 --> 00:17:01.440 refining, chemical manufacturing, rubber tire 00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:04.559 manufacturing, workers in the steel industry. 00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:06.640 printers, rubber workers, shoe manufacturers, 00:17:06.900 --> 00:17:09.539 laboratory technicians, firefighters, and gas 00:17:09.539 --> 00:17:12.960 station employees. So benzene and similar compounds 00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:17.740 are known as volatile organic compounds because 00:17:17.740 --> 00:17:22.059 they tend to become airborne. Like gasoline that 00:17:22.059 --> 00:17:25.539 turns to vapor when it drips from the pump onto 00:17:25.539 --> 00:17:28.539 the ground when you're gassing up your car. A 00:17:28.539 --> 00:17:31.420 group of heavier compounds called semi -volatile. 00:17:31.630 --> 00:17:35.650 organic compounds were found in water pipes in 00:17:35.650 --> 00:17:38.089 Louisville, Colorado after the 2021 Marshall 00:17:38.089 --> 00:17:40.549 fire, even when benzene and better known chemicals 00:17:40.549 --> 00:17:43.650 weren't. So it's important to test for these 00:17:43.650 --> 00:17:46.450 things. there are ways commercially available 00:17:46.450 --> 00:17:49.549 ways to test your drinking water directly but 00:17:49.549 --> 00:17:51.630 more importantly there are ways to test your 00:17:51.630 --> 00:17:55.829 body and those of those who you love of your 00:17:55.829 --> 00:17:58.569 body burden of these toxic chemicals which we're 00:17:58.569 --> 00:18:02.170 all exposed to whenever I run urine tests for 00:18:02.170 --> 00:18:05.210 chemical toxicities or hair tests or urine to 00:18:05.210 --> 00:18:07.730 and or urine tests for heavy metal toxicities 00:18:07.730 --> 00:18:10.210 we're all exposed to these things and it's just 00:18:10.210 --> 00:18:14.809 a matter of knowing your body burden by By testing, 00:18:15.269 --> 00:18:18.609 by your exposure from your job, your lifestyle, 00:18:19.109 --> 00:18:20.650 things that you've been exposed to that you know 00:18:20.650 --> 00:18:23.930 about or may not know about, it's important to 00:18:23.930 --> 00:18:26.089 take an assessment. Sometimes even just from 00:18:26.089 --> 00:18:31.109 your case history, your case history may indicate 00:18:31.109 --> 00:18:34.289 a huge risk of exposure to these things. Mood 00:18:34.289 --> 00:18:37.730 disorders, inability to lose weight for no apparent 00:18:37.730 --> 00:18:42.859 reason. anxiety and depression chronic chronic 00:18:42.859 --> 00:18:45.599 neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer's 00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:49.099 and Parkinson's autoimmune conditions these are 00:18:49.099 --> 00:18:53.140 all things that are not solely caused by any 00:18:53.140 --> 00:18:56.119 stretch by environmental toxins like I've been 00:18:56.119 --> 00:18:59.359 talking about but if you have those things and 00:18:59.359 --> 00:19:02.119 you've tried quote -unquote tried everything 00:19:02.119 --> 00:19:04.539 else and not found anything that's working for 00:19:04.539 --> 00:19:08.720 you, then looking at toxic exposure is always 00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:12.019 an important step to identifying what could help 00:19:12.019 --> 00:19:17.039 you live long and live well by identifying things 00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:19.740 that you can correct with better food, exercise, 00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:22.900 and supplements. But even if you're not prepared 00:19:22.900 --> 00:19:25.500 to do testing right now, one thing that anyone 00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:29.039 can do right now, all of you can do, is get a 00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:32.759 good water filter to filter out those things 00:19:32.759 --> 00:19:36.700 that end up in public water systems after a fire 00:19:36.700 --> 00:19:39.220 and filter out the things that are in public 00:19:39.220 --> 00:19:41.380 water systems right now even when there aren't 00:19:41.380 --> 00:19:46.319 fires. Tap water is really not fit for drinking. 00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:48.579 It's important to drink water. I'm always encouraging 00:19:48.579 --> 00:19:51.769 people to drink more water. But it's really important 00:19:51.769 --> 00:19:55.230 to drink clean water for your short -term health. 00:19:55.549 --> 00:19:58.029 People come in with kidney dysfunction, for example, 00:19:58.109 --> 00:20:01.170 so many times. I see patients who come in, and 00:20:01.170 --> 00:20:04.190 their blood tests show kidney dysfunction, and 00:20:04.190 --> 00:20:06.190 they say, oh yeah, my doctor told me my kidneys 00:20:06.190 --> 00:20:08.190 aren't working properly, but there's nothing 00:20:08.190 --> 00:20:10.490 they can do about it. Well, a lot of times the 00:20:10.490 --> 00:20:13.190 solution is just to drink more water. People 00:20:13.190 --> 00:20:15.769 need to drink more water, but it's also really 00:20:15.769 --> 00:20:18.079 helpful if you drink. clean water that has been 00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:20.980 properly filtered. And the best form of filter 00:20:20.980 --> 00:20:25.279 that you can get to make clean water that is 00:20:25.279 --> 00:20:28.819 alkaline, not acidic, alkaline water, is a solid 00:20:28.819 --> 00:20:32.490 carbon block, multi -pure. water filter. This 00:20:32.490 --> 00:20:34.170 is the one that I recommend. This is what I use 00:20:34.170 --> 00:20:37.190 at my home and my office. Most people are familiar 00:20:37.190 --> 00:20:40.789 with reverse osmosis systems that are three or 00:20:40.789 --> 00:20:43.970 four chambers underneath their sink. That's fine. 00:20:44.049 --> 00:20:47.269 That's better than nothing. Reverse osmosis systems 00:20:47.269 --> 00:20:50.809 will filter out most of the toxins that are in 00:20:50.809 --> 00:20:54.549 the water, but they also slowly clog up and eventually 00:20:54.549 --> 00:20:57.000 spill. Toxins into the water that are filtered 00:20:57.000 --> 00:20:58.920 out by that third chamber. That's why it's three 00:20:58.920 --> 00:21:02.259 chambers instead of one a solid carbon block 00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:06.859 multi -pure filter It has nano sized particles 00:21:06.859 --> 00:21:09.319 that filter out all the bad stuff and leave some 00:21:09.319 --> 00:21:12.019 of the mineral minerals in so that the water 00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:17.279 remains alkaline which is what we all want and 00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:19.039 Email me if you'd like I can send you a link 00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:23.380 to get a discount on those filters multi -pure 00:21:23.380 --> 00:21:26.279 water filters I'm Dr. Todd Binkley. You're listening 00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:28.839 to Safe Effective Natural Solutions to almost 00:21:28.839 --> 00:21:31.839 any health challenge. We're talking again, unfortunately, 00:21:32.039 --> 00:21:35.039 about all these toxins that we're all constantly 00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:38.700 exposed to, but there is some hope. You can, 00:21:39.059 --> 00:21:41.559 another way, in addition to getting a good water 00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:44.500 filter to reduce your risk of exposure to these 00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:47.359 toxins and the accumulation of them in your body, 00:21:47.819 --> 00:21:51.660 is by eating clean vegetables and cleaning. the 00:21:51.660 --> 00:21:54.519 fruits and vegetables that you eat. So learn 00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:59.319 about the Dirty Dozen and the Clean 15 in America. 00:21:59.420 --> 00:22:01.579 We hear about these published, the Dirty Dozen 00:22:01.579 --> 00:22:05.319 and the Clean 15, published by the environmentalworkinggroup 00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:09.819 .org. It used to be really easy to go on to EWG, 00:22:09.940 --> 00:22:12.559 environmentalworkinggroup .org, and get this 00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:14.359 list. Now they've, I don't know, the last time 00:22:14.359 --> 00:22:16.539 I just checked yesterday, it's a little more 00:22:16.539 --> 00:22:18.160 difficult now. They're really aggressive about 00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:20.599 making sure they get your email. and wanting 00:22:20.599 --> 00:22:23.400 to send you newsletters and maybe have you do 00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:25.180 a questionnaire. I don't know, I got a little 00:22:25.180 --> 00:22:28.140 frustrated with that. But if you just Google 00:22:28.140 --> 00:22:31.299 the dirty dozen, you'll get and do an image search. 00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:36.299 You'll see printed image versions of those lists. 00:22:36.380 --> 00:22:40.000 They vary slightly from year to year. Top of 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:43.819 the list is always strawberries, kale, spinach. 00:22:44.949 --> 00:22:48.390 peaches, things with thin skins, and some some 00:22:48.390 --> 00:22:52.490 surprising things, fruits and vegetables. I'll 00:22:52.490 --> 00:22:54.029 list them again later. We're going to run out 00:22:54.029 --> 00:22:55.490 of time before I get through all of this. I just 00:22:55.490 --> 00:22:57.930 wanted to let you know that that exists and to 00:22:57.930 --> 00:22:59.990 check it out. And more importantly, I'm going 00:22:59.990 --> 00:23:04.690 to come back to this as well. I found the ewg 00:23:04.690 --> 00:23:10.049 .org list is great, but panuk The Pesticide Action 00:23:10.049 --> 00:23:13.549 Network in the UK seems even more compelling 00:23:13.549 --> 00:23:17.630 to me because they list vegetables that have 00:23:17.630 --> 00:23:21.029 multiple toxicities. So we're bringing this back 00:23:21.029 --> 00:23:26.470 to the title that I began with. Synergistic toxins. 00:23:26.869 --> 00:23:29.910 So I always like to explain to people how synergistic 00:23:29.910 --> 00:23:33.309 nutrients are important because unlike drugs, 00:23:33.849 --> 00:23:36.910 nutrients work in combinations with one another. 00:23:37.450 --> 00:23:41.430 But also, paradoxically, unlike drugs, or sort 00:23:41.430 --> 00:23:46.150 of confusingly unlike drugs, Toxins also have 00:23:46.150 --> 00:23:48.569 synergistic effects. Synergistic is usually a 00:23:48.569 --> 00:23:52.009 good thing. But drugs, so people, all these drugs, 00:23:52.130 --> 00:23:54.849 the toxic effects of mercury and lead and arsenic 00:23:54.849 --> 00:23:57.509 and cadmium and pesticides, all the studies and 00:23:57.509 --> 00:23:59.529 the government research and the recommendations 00:23:59.529 --> 00:24:02.410 for what is considered safe are based on studies 00:24:02.410 --> 00:24:06.029 that only look at one drug at a time and they 00:24:06.029 --> 00:24:09.390 ignore the fact that when you are exposed to 00:24:09.390 --> 00:24:12.089 more than one of these drugs, at the same time, 00:24:12.589 --> 00:24:15.849 the toxic effects effect on your body increases 00:24:15.849 --> 00:24:19.309 exponentially. So talk about more more about 00:24:19.309 --> 00:24:21.769 that next week. Thank you for tuning in. I'm 00:24:21.769 --> 00:24:24.750 Dr. Todd Binkley. You're listening to Safe Effective 00:24:24.750 --> 00:24:27.670 Natural Solutions. Have a fabulous weekend. 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