The Hidden Dangers of Your Morning Shower

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Crap. My Mom just gave us her hot tub too. ~Rocky The Hidden Dangers of Your Morning Shower Chlorine: Added to most municipal water supplies, this disinfectant destroys proteins in the body, irritates skin and sinus conditions, and aggravates asthma, allergies, and respiratory problems. Chlorine is used almost universally in the treatment of public water supplies because of its toxic effect on harmful bacteria and other waterborne, disease-causing microorganisms. But there is a growing body of scientific evidence that shows that chlorine in drinking water may actually pose greater long-term dangers than those for which it was used to eliminate . These effects of chlorine may result from either inhalation or absorption through the skin during

showers. Dear Reader, You wouldn't knowingly bathe in toxins every morning...or set out to ravage your lungs and sinuses, irritate your allergies, aggravate your skin, or...willingly increase your risk of cancer... would you? Of course not. But the fact is, chlorine and its byproducts in your shower water are powerful toxins - deadly to bacteria and fungi, but possibly poison for your body. You absorb 6 to 100 times more chlorine in a shower than you do by drinking the same water! Tests show that your body can absorb more chlorine as a result of a 10-minute shower than if you drank eight glasses of the same water. How can that be? A warm shower opens up your pores, causing your skin to act like a sponge. As

a result, you not only inhale the chlorine vapors, you also absorb them through your skin, directly into your bloodstream - at a rate that's up to six times higher than drinking. In terms of cumulative damage to your health, showering in chlorinated water could be one of the greatest risks you take every day. In the short term, chlorinated shower water irritates your eyes, sinuses, throat, skin, and lungs. Long-term risks include excessive free-radical formation (which makes you age faster), higher vulnerability to genetic mutations and difficulty metabolizing cholesterol.1, 2 Research conducted jointly at Harvard University and the Medical College of Wisconsin indicated that chlorinated water may be linked with an increased incidence of bladder and rectal cancers in the U.S. It's up to you to protect yourself... Showering in chlorine-treated water is a serious risk - but it's also one of the very few risks you can easily reduce (more on how you can do this in a moment). For almost 100 years, chlorine has been added to disinfect our municipal water supplies. The level of chlorine in your area depends upon the amount of microorganisms in your water supply. But even if there's no noticeable taste or smell, the chlorine and its dangerous byproducts (which include some of the most potent toxins known) are present. Since chlorine is a disinfectant/bleach, it can make any

of the following conditions worse: Dry skin and brittle hair Asthma Sinus conditions Eye irritation Skin rashes But that's just for starters... The hazards of chlorinated water go way beyond dry skin. More hazards of chlorinated water Taking long hot showers is a health risk, according to research presented in Anaheim, California, at a meeting of the American Chemical Society. The amount of chlorine absorbed by your body in a 10-minute shower equals about two gallons of tap water

consumption. Plus there's also evidence indicating that chlorine (ingested, inhaled or absorbed) may damage various proteins in your body. "Even if there's no noticeable taste or smell, the chlorine and it's dangerous byproducts (which include some of the most potent toxins known) are present." Chlorine evaporates out of the shower water and is inhaled. It can also spread throughout the house and be inhaled by others. Householders can receive 6 to 100 times more of the chemical by breathing the air around showers than they would by drinking the water.2 The evidence is clear. The advice is simple: Stop chlorinating your body! "Get off your ass and take your government back." ~Rocky Ward

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I've heard about this alot lately, about the chlorine in the water. But

what can we do about it without having to spend tons of money on a

whole home water filtration system? Are there shower filters out there

that eliminate the chlorine?

~Robin

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I would not believ e the statement about vitamin C demoving chlorine

from tap water unless it was backed up by real science.

 

And adding vitamin C to one's shower is not real practical either.

 

They make carbon filters which go between the shower head and the

water pipe. Carbon takes out Chlorine. The filter won't take out

fluoride, but it will remove Chlorine. I have not seen one of those

filters adveretized in a while so I can't point to a website or a

brand name.

 

Alobar

 

On 9/15/06, CaptainDean <captaindean wrote:

> Aloha Robin,

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> I just read in an old book (old eh, 1986. The Complete Book of Vitamins by

Prevention Magazine) that putting a very small amount of Vitamin C in your

drinking water can nutralize Chlorine.

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> The don't say how little but their words are " ... just a trace of Vitamin

C... " I suppose because there is really just a trace of Chlorine per glass.

>

> Aloha, Dean.

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> babylanestudios

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> Thursday, September 14, 2006 5:29 AM

> Re: The Hidden Dangers of Your Morning

Shower

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> I've heard about this alot lately, about the chlorine in the water. But

> what can we do about it without having to spend tons of money on a

> whole home water filtration system? Are there shower filters out there

> that eliminate the chlorine?

> ~Robin

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