Articles By Syndicated Columnist
Dan Thomas
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Improvement Inside And Out
Showers
And Your Health
It is funny how a lot of us will buy bottled water because we do not
want to drink tap water with all its chlorine. We just do not want to
put all that chlorine into our bodies. But we ultimately use it to
shower and bath in. Does that mean showering is
harmful to your health.
We all know they use chlorine to disinfect our water supply. Did you
know that chlorine has been linked to breast, bladder and colon cancer?
The thought of jeopardizing my health never entered my head when I would
take a shower. What I did not know was that our skin can absorb 7 -
10 times more chlorine than we ingest from drinking water that
contains chlorine. This does make it somewhat harmful
to take a shower.
When one showers the chlorine can vaporize and form chloroform
gas. which we then inhale. People with respiratory problems such as asthma
and bronchitis are sometimes affected and that is what makes showering
harmful for them..
Showering in chlorine can also cause excess drying of the skin and
hair. okay now you are worried about taking a shower. Well do not worry
there is something you can do. You can install a shower filter and that
should alleviate the chlorine problem. This will also result in smoother
and softer skin.
