| 1888 Articles Home | Health Articles | Health RSS |  |
||
Importance of Filtering Chlorine Out of Shower Water |
||||
|
During the course of one ten minute shower, your body will absorb as much chlorine as if you were to drink eight 8-oz. glasses of the same water. Find out why chlorine and it's by products are harmful, and what you can do about it. |
||||||||||||
| Author: Christina Makley |
|
|||||||||||
Hot showers cause chlorine to turn into a vapor we inhale. At the same time, our pores dilate from the heat and are able to absorb more chlorine through our skin.
According to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “Breathing small amounts of chlorine for short periods of time adversely affects the human respiratory system. Effects range from coughing and chest pain to water retention in the lungs. Chlorine irritates the skin, the eyes, and the respiratory system.”
And yet, chlorine has been used to disinfect our tap water since 1908.
Dr. Zoltan P. Rona, author of The Joy of Health and Return to the Joy of Health and past president of the Canadian Holistic Medical Association states:
“Numerous scientific studies report that chlorinated tap water is a skin irritant and can be associated with rashes like eczema. Chlorinated water contains chemical compounds called trihalomethanes which are carcinogens resulting from the combination of chlorine with compounds in water. These chemicals, also known as organochlorides, do not degrade very well and are generally stored in the fatty tissues of the body (breast, other fatty areas, mother’s milk, blood and semen). Organochlorides can cause mutations by altering DNA, suppress immune system function and interfere with the natural controls of cell growth. Anything you can do to filter tap and shower water that eliminates or minimizes chlorine would certainly be helpful and possibly curative for some immune system problems. The use of water filtration devices is increasingly popular and affordable. Discuss their use with your health care practitioner.”
In her book, "Be Perfectly Healthy", Dr. Leigh Erin Connealy explains that chlorine by-products have been linked to cancer, heart disease, and reproductive disorders and that these by-products generate free radicals which destroy the good bacteria in our bodies.
Studies have also shown that chlorine destroys vitamin E, as well as polyunsaturated fatty acids, each vital to healthy skin, and have linked chlorine to asthma aggravation.
About Author
Christina Makley was hired by her hometown newspaper as a columnist with her own byline at age of 13. She has written over 100 film and theater reviews as well as several poems, songs, short stories, and screenplays and is currently working on a debut novel. Most recently she has dedicated her lifesyle and focus to health and wellness through an alkaline diet, educated herself with extensive research, and written more than a dozen articles on the topic of alkaline living. She is a strong advocate of Chanson ionized water.
Protect yourself and your family from the harmful effects of chlorine and its by-products by either installing a shower filter in every bathroom of your home or a whole-house filtration system. Visit www.chansonwater.com for more information.
Article Source:
http://www.1888articles.com/author-christina-makley-48650.html
Other Related Articles How To Sketch People And The Human Figure by Kain Black Importance of Filtering Chlorine Out of Shower Water by Christina Makley No credit check payday loans: Ideal funds to sort out your day to day needs by Terry Bock |
