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A research team from the medical College of Wisconsin quoted, “we were quite convinced that there is an association between cancer and chlorinated water.”

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Unfortunately a lot of micro organisms and pathogens can get into our drinking water, and that drinking water quality depends largely on where in the world you are. Some of the major countries use chlorine in the water supplies, and probably like me you have been led to believe that this is for your benefit.

This is only true to a certain extent. Chlorine is really bleach. Okay, the amount of chlorine that goes in to your water is relatively small, but you are still drinking bleach.

I believe it was the US Council Of Environmental Quality which stated, “Cancer risk among people drinking chlorinated water is 93% higher than among those whose water does not contain chlorine.” A Doctor Joseph Price in his book published in the 1960s, concluded that the basic cause of heart attacks, stroke and arterial sclerosis is chlorine. He ran a study with chickens, where he raised a group that was given chlorine in the water, and another group, which wasn’t.

The group that were given chlorinated water as they grew, when autopsied, in every specimen showed some degree of heart or circulatory disease. The group raised without chlorinated water, showed no signs of disease and were healthier and larger specimens.

So why does chlorine cause damage?

The chlorine combines with natural compounds in the water to form chlorination by-products called trihalomethanes or THMs for short. Trihalomethanes cause free radicals to be produced in the body, and of course as you already know free radicals cause cell damage and are heavily carcinogenic.

Chlorine has been linked to breast cancer. A study in Hartford Connecticut, North America revealed that women with breast cancer had 50% to 60% higher levels of chlorination by-products in their breast tissue than women who did not suffer from breast cancer.

And here’s a frightener. It is believed that up to two thirds of our exposure to chlorine is through the inhalation of steam and by skin absorption when showering, due to temperature opening pores in the skin.

Why?

Apparently because chlorine and other contaminants vaporise much faster than water which means we can end up with as much as 50 times higher concentration of chlorine in the steam. Chlorine gas is absorbed directly into the bloodstream, (think of chloroform).

Did you know that the lower rates of cancer in France are not only contributed to the health benefits of red wine, but also the fact that they do not chlorinate their water? They ozonate their water to purify it instead.

So why is chlorine in water, if it is so dangerous?

Unfortunately, adding chlorine to water is a very cheap way to achieve the destruction of harmful pathogens and micro organisms. It is also a fairly easy process to add chlorine to water.

So how do we deal with this source of cancer?

Install a shower filter to declorinate your water, and/or install a good quality water filter to your main water supply to remove the chlorine at source.

The evidence would seem to suggest that this extra expense is an extremely sensible move to protect your family and your health.

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Tags: cancer, chlorine, trihalomethanes, filtered water