I wouldn't worry about it. But why bathe in salt ?

Were I desirous to do so, I'd keep the Br- concentration lower than or on the order of about its concentration in the oceans. That way, my bath would be no worse from a bromide concentration standpoint, then swimming in the ocean.

I would not worry about the naturally occurring bromine in Sea Salt , we can never hope to be bromine-free, nor would we want to be. What we are concerned with is the huge amounts of bromine from unnatural sources.

So lollygag in that tub as much as you'd like. You do know, though, don't you that you need to exercise?

http://www.semp.us/publications/biot_reader.php?BiotID=677


Be careful with TOO much heat/soaking. My husband definitely extended a bout of back pain by the overuse of a heating pad.

I agree with wombat and Vylvette; dont worry about it; as long as the bromine content are lower than cloride and iodine.
http://www.seafriends.org.nz/oceano/seawater.htm


For bathing I recommend you to try himalayan salt; I used to have a skin reaction on Sea Salt s in my bath tub, but never to the himalayan. ( And the bromine content in this salt is like seawater was 150.000 years ago.)

But; Salts from the Dead sea are known to be very beneficial for joints and skin, and are quite high in bromine; so..whats the best I dont know; for me it has been the himalayan.

I see you're having problems with sleep (probably because of your back pain). I get a lot of pain from fibromyalgia, and I also have a sleep disorder where I get 0% stage 3 and stage 4 sleep with lots of alpha intrusion; I arouse from sleep 39 times in an hour, and only get stage 1 (awake), stage 2 (drowsy) and REM (dream). I have read that sort of sleep pattern is very common with fibromyalgia. Stage 3 and stage 4 is when you get the delta wave sleep, which allows your body to release growth hormone to heal up the body. That sort of sleep pattern also results in low cortisol. Not sure for me which is causing which, chicken or the egg sort of thing, but I do know I hurt less when I get better sleep.

Something I've found lately that DOES help me with my sleep (I think I'm now getting some delta wave sleep, which I was getting none of before), thus less pain, is AmbiScience's Pure Sleep (I have the pro version). It's an iPad/iPhone/iTouch application, but is now available on Android. It uses binaural beats and isochronic tones. I have tried binaural beats before with various computer software or music CDs, but they would only work so far for me (maybe because of the start of failing hearing from age?). But the isochronic tones seem to be working really well for me. I've been using it faithfully all week, and I feel human today (which is really, really rare for me). I look forward to seeing how my body improves over the next few weeks. I'll be curious to see if over time it permanently fixes my brain to properly generate the right brainwaves for sleep and I can stop using the isochronic tones.

I use the Deep Sleep 1.05Hz - HP/SPK entrainment setting, and use for sound rain and thunder (I find those sounds relaxing). You can select a music track, too, but for me I like the music (I choose something from iTunes) so much that if I wake I'm focusing on the music instead of sleeping so I just don't do the music. HP = headphone, SPK = speaker. The HP only settings are binaural, the HP/SPK are isochronic ... I use speakers (too uncomfortable sleeping with headphones).

Just something to think about (if you have an iPad/iPhone/iTouch or Android) to help you with your pain management and sleep. I'm sure some of the other entrainment settings could be specifically used for pain management (I own several of AmbiScience's entrainment packages, so I can find things outside what's more aimed at sleep). If you don't have one, Dquixote, send me a PM with a mailing address, and I'll try to capture a sequence via my computer and put onto a music CD and mail it to you. I don't know how well that will work, but it's worth a try.

[The edit]: By the way, my husband sleeps better for it, too. He doesn't snore if I'm playing it (he's a house-shaking snorer), and he falls asleep immediately and doesn't shift around in his sleep.