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Dangers of Your Morning Shower
A look at the negative effects of showering with unfiltered tap water. A lot more than meets the eye!
Date: 5/29/2006 3:18:34 AM ( 19 y ) ... viewed 1997 times You wouldn't knowingly bathe in toxins every morning, or set out to harm
your lungs and sinuses, irritate your allergies and skin, or willingly
increase your risk of cancer. But the fact is, chlorine and its by-products
in your shower water are toxins which can damage your health.
These toxins are:
Chlorine: Added to most municipal water supplies, this disinfectant hardens
arteries, destroys proteins in the body, irritates skin and sinus
conditions, and aggravates asthma, allergies, and respiratory problems.
Chloroform: This powerful by-product of chlorination causes excessive
free-radical formation (accelerated aging), normal cells to mutate, and
cholesterol to oxidize. It's a known carcinogen!
DCA (Dichloro acetic acid): This chlorine by-product alters cholesterol
metabolism and has been shown to cause liver cancer in lab animals.
MX (another chlorinated acid): Another by-product of chlorination, MX is
known to cause genetic mutations that can lead to cancer growth and has been
found in all chlorinated water for which it was tested.
Research indicates an increased risk for bladder and rectal cancer from
drinking chlorinated water. And even though you°¶re not drinking water in
the shower, you can absorb many 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.
Short terms risks include skin, eye or sinus irritation in some people. Long
term risks include oxidation (cell and tissue aging), hardened arteries,
increased risk of cancer, and hardened arteries. In addition, if you suffer
from any of the following, chlorinated water can make your condition worse:
asthma
sinus conditions
allergies
skin rashes
emphysema
The good news is that showering in chlorine-treated water is a risk you can
erase immediately, through the use of a proper shower filter. Be sure to
choose a shower filter with KDF medium, a powerful chlorine absorbant.
According to Dr. Francis T. Mayo, Director of the Municipal Environmental
Research Laboratory,
"Since chlorine is required by public health regulations to be
present in all public drinking water supplies, it is up to the individual to
remove it at the point-of-use in the home."
Stan Howard is a researcher for Best Water, specializing in water
purification. For a free report on water purification and to learn how to
prevent chlorine in your shower, go to Shower
Filters
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