Chlorine has been hailed as the way to give us clean, healthy water and rightfully so. Its disinfectant qualities and economy of production have allowed communities and whole cities to grow and prosper by providing disease-free tap water to homes and industry. Some people have grown-up on tap water, and believe the taste of chlorine signifies purity and safety. Well, not necessarily so.
Chlorine is, essentially, bleach. And what comes out of most municipally delivered faucets is, quite actually, a mild bleach solution. Is it healthy to drink bleach? Does your body require any certain amount of chlorine to remain healthy?
Every hot shower you take you inhale up to a cupful of bleach. Did you know that your body can absorb 500% to 1,000% more contaminents in a single twelve -minute shower than drinking the same tap water for a 24 hour period? Ever notice how dry your skin is after you shower and the negative effect it has on your skin, hair and hair color? The chlorine in your water is designed to attack living organic matter and we are all living organic matter!
Chlorine bleach is needed to disinfect municipal water, but then it must be filtered out. How do we filter it out of the shower water. Use a shower filter. You want a shower filter that contains KDF. Many shower filters contain small amounts of KDF and large amounts of carbon. Carbon does not work in hot water. KDF is patented and made in the United States. KDF 55 Process Media can remove up to 99% of water-soluble lead, mercury, chlorine, nickel, chromium, and other dissolved metals. All KDF Process Media forms are effective in controlling the buildup of bacteria, algae, fungi and scale. Go to http://www.kdfft.com to read about it.
I recommend the AQUAPURE PRO FOUR STAGE SHOWER FILTER for anyone with hair or skin problems. The santé Chlorine Destroyer shower filter is very good. Both can be found on the http://www.santeforhealth.com web site.
I will offer more on chlorine probems and other water problems as time goes on. I also will discuss vitamins and other subjects that are mhealth related.
