Did you know that i n World War I
Chlorine was used by the Germans to kill enemy solders. It
attacked the lungs by causing a burning sensation chest pains
then death by suffocation. Chlorinated bath water not only kill
bacteria, it also attacks your hair, skin, and lungs
leaving hair dry and brittle and making your skin flaky and
itchy. It can also trigger negative reactions in children, the
elderly, and people with chlorine-sensitivity. Below please find
an excerpt from a very informative article on
the
subject of chlorinated water in the shower from the Australian magazine,
Nature & Health Vol. 10 No. 4., Issue Summer 1989. Pages 44-49.
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Chlorinated Water and Unknown Hazards of the Shower
There is another side to the chlorine-water story. When we return from a
gym workout or a jogging session or a game of squash, not only are we thirsty
but we usually shower or bathe. We have been taught that cleanliness and health
go together, and indeed they do, when chemical-free water is used. When chlorinated
water is used, however, bathing may be much less healthy than we ever supposed.
Gasses are as a rule less soluble in hot water, and when water is heated
or boiled dissolved gasses are released. Boiling water is as we noted earlier
a way in which the free chlorine content in water is greatly reduced, the
chlorine escaping into the air. When we have a hot shower or run a bath we
can sometimes smell the chlorine released as it escapes from the hot water.
In a confined shower recess, however, especially one with poor ventilation,
the chlorine escapes from the water as we continue the hot shower and steadily
increases in concentration in the air we breathe. The olfactory threshold
for chlorine is about 3.5 PPM (parts per million) so when we can smell chlorine
the concentration is already above this level. The lethal concentration for
ten-minute exposure is about 600 PPM and we suggest that regularly taking
hot showers with chlorinated water could pose a health risk. Chlorine causes
pulmonary edema, and it would seem likely that regular exposure to chlorine
gas even at low levels such as in normal showering may reduce the oxygen transfer
capacity of the lungs. This could be a critical factor for athletes and for
others prone to heart failure.
Another aspect to be considered is our skin. Our skin is an important protective
barrier for our bodies. When we shower with chlorinated water we are essentially
exposing our skin to a relatively large volume of a dilute chlorine solution.
Some of this chlorine reacts with the oils in the skin to form chlorinated
compounds and it is these compounds which may then be absorbed by the body.
It seems very likely, considering the strong oxidizing power of chlorine,
that regular exposure to chlorinated water serves also to promote the aging
process of the skin, not unlike extended exposure to sunlight. Moreover, chlorine
may actually enhance the aging effects of ultraviolet radiation by reinforcing
the process of cell deterioration.
Another skin factor to be considered with the destruction by chlorine of
the natural bacteria balance on our skin. Our skin has an ecology, all of
its own, which needs to be preserved in order to maintain healthy skin and
its associated beauty.
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The article above
was
published in the Australian Magazine, Nature & Health. Vol. 10. No. 4.,
Issue Summer 1989.
Article published by: Whedon Young Productions Pty. Ltd. 372 Eastern
Valley Way, Chatswood, New South Wales 2067, Australia From "One
Hundred Years Of Water Chlorination", Pages 44-49, by John F. Ashton,
Chief Chemist Australian Food Research Laboratories and by Dr. Ronald
S. Laura, Professor in Education, University of Newcastle and Chairman,
Sports Medicine and Health Education Committee, Hunter Academy of Sport,
New South Wales.
Why You
Should Not Drink Chlorinated Water
You may
know people who don't care about what all those health
nuts think, and they drink chlorinated tap water like
whisky and bathe in chlorinated water as if it was holy
water. Well don't allow their attitude to lower your
guard. You can't blame them when you get sick. Take
responsibility for your own health. This first step is
education. Below please find a series of news articles
taken from various news outlets about the increased
risks from drinking, bathing or swimming in chlorinated
water.
Breitbart.com: 'Swimming in chlorinated pools can lead to cancer: study'
Swimming in chlorinated pools can cause an increased
risk of cancer in bathers, Spanish researchers said on
Monday. Researchers from the Barcelona-based Centre of
Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL) and Research
Institute Hospital del Mar studied changes in indicators of
mutagenicity -- permanent mutation of the DNA -- among a
group of swimmers in an indoor chlorinated pool.
"The evidence of genotoxic effects were observed in 49
healthy adults after swimming for 40 minutes in a
chlorinated indoor pool," CREAL said in a statement on
Monday.
Researchers found indicators of an increase in cancer risk
in healthy subjects as well as potential respiratory effects
from the cholorine used as a disinfectant, the statement
said.
The study was published on Sunday in the US journal
Environmental Health Perspectives.
The co-director of CREAL, Manolis Kogevinas, said the
findings should not put people off swimming.
"The positive health impacts of swimming can be increased by
reducing the levels of these chemicals," he said.
"In no case do we want to stop swimming, but to encourage
the reduction of chemicals in swimming pools," said
Kogevinas, who suggested the problems caused by a reduction
in levels of disinfectant could be offset if swimmers
showered before taking a dip, wore bathing caps and
refrained from urinating.
You can also read
the article
here
This is an excerpt from a
well researched article
Water treated with
chlorine also destroys vitamin E stores in the body,
leading to mitral valve problems and other heart
problems. Many researchers now feel it may have a strong
link to the development of our number one killer in the
United States, clogging of the arteries. Chlorine has
been linked to heart attacks, strokes, premature
senility and sexual impotency.
"Numerous scientific
studies report that chlorinated tap water is a skin
irritant and can be associated with rashes like eczema.
Chlorinated water can destroy polyunsaturated fatty
acids and vitamin E in the body while generating
toxins capable of free radical damage (oxidation). This
might explain why supplementation of the diet with
essential fatty acids like flax seed oil, evening
primrose oil, borage oil and antioxidants like vitamin
E, selenium and others helps so many cases of eczema and
dry skin.
"Chlorinated water
destroys much of the intestinal flora, the friendly
bacteria that help in the digestion of food and which
protects the body from harmful pathogens. These bacteria
are also responsible for the manufacture of several
important vitamins like vitamin B12 and vitamin K. It is
not uncommon for chronic skin conditions like acne,
psoriasis, seborrhea and eczema to clear up or to be
significantly improved by switching to unchlorinated
drinking water and supplementing the diet with
lactobacillus acidophilus and bifidus.
"Chlorinated water
contains chemical compounds called trihalomethanes
...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.
"Chlorine has been
documented to aggravate asthma, especially in those
children who make use of chlorinated swimming pools.
"Anything you can do to filter tap and shower water that
eliminates or even minimizes chlorine
would
certainly be helpful and possibly curative for some
immune system problems.” --
Dr Z Rona MD MSc
Chlorine and Showers
"Taking long hot showers
is a health risk, according to research presented last
week in Anaheim California, at a meeting of the American
Chemical Society--and to a lesser extent baths--lead to
a greater exposure to toxic chemicals contained in water
supplies than does drinking the water. The chemicals
evaporate out of the water and are inhaled. They can
also spread through the house and be inhaled by others.
House holders can receive 6 to 100 times more of the
chemical by breathing the air around showers and bath
than they would by drinking the water." NEW SCIENTIST 18
September 1986 Ian Anderson
Our bodied can absorb 10
to 50 times the level of water borne chemicals than from
drinking a glass of the same water, and 600 times the
chlorine. The heated shower and water causes the pores
of our skin to open. This allows chlorinated vapors and
other toxins to be absorbed into our bloodstream at
elevated levels. Even more than they would by drinking a
glass of water that contains the same contaminants.
"Chlorine is the greatest
crippler and killer of modern times. While it prevented
epidemics of one disease, ill was creating another. Two
decades ago, after the start of chlorinating our
drinking water in 1904. The present epidemic of heart
trouble, cancer and senility began."
Coronary/Cholesterol/Chlorine,
Dr. J.M. Price, MD.
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DailyMail: Chlorine in tap water 'nearly doubles the risk of birth
defects'
By JO MACFARLANE
Pregnant women living in areas where tap
water is heavily disinfected with chlorine nearly double
their risk of having children with heart problems, a
cleft palate or major brain defects, a new study has
found.
Scientists say expectant mothers can expose themselves
to the higher risk by drinking the water, taking a bath
or shower, or even by standing close to a boiling
kettle.
The danger comes from chemical by-products in
chlorinated water known as trihalomethanes, or THMs,
which can be absorbed through the skin. They can then
pass into the womb.
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the complete article click
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ScienceDaily:
Drinking Tap Water Disinfected With Chlorine May Harm
Fetus, Study Suggests
Drinking water disinfected by
chlorine while pregnant may increase the risk of having
children with heart problems, cleft palate or major
brain defects, according to a study published in BioMed
Central's open access journal Environmental Health.This
finding, based on an analysis of nearly 400,000 infants
in Taiwan, is the first that links by-products of water
chlorination to three specific birth defects.
Water chlorination is a widely used and efficient method
to disinfect drinking water and reduce the occurrence of
waterborne diseases. However, numerous studies have
revealed the presence of many chlorination by-products
in the water. Recent research suggests that prenatal
exposure to these by-products may increase the risk of
birth defects.
A research team led by Jouni Jaakkola from the Institute
of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University
of Birmingham, UK, gathered data on almost 400,000
infants born in Taiwan. The researchers used statistical
analyses to see if drinking tap water containing high,
medium or low levels of chlorination by-products
increased the risk of 11 common birth defects.
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the complete article click
here.
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