Dr. Mercola January 23 2007 7,136 views
Chlorinated water may increase your risk of bladder cancer, whether you drink it, bathe in it or swim in it, according to a study of over 1,000 people. The study is the first to support what I have been saying for some time: that chemicals in water are not only harmful when ingested, but also when they are absorbed through the skin or inhaled.
In fact, this new study found that swimming and showering in chlorinated water may be even worse than drinking it. While study participants who drank chlorinated water had a 35 percent greater risk of bladder cancer than those who didn’t, those who swam in chlorinated pools had a 57 percent greater risk. Meanwhile, those who took longer showers or baths in areas with higher trihalomethanes (THM, a chlorine by-product) levels also had an increased cancer risk.
THM, while potentially dangerous when ingested, may be even more detrimental when it is absorbed through the skin or lungs because it does not undergo detoxification via the liver.
While installing a reverse-osmosis filter to purify your drinking water is a good step, you could still be exposed to contaminated water when you:
To protect your family's good health, you should have your water professionally analyzed to find out what's in it. If it's currently safe, then having a small point-of-use filter is a nice added level of protection. But if you find contamination, you should seek expert advice as to what treatment system can remove it.
American Journal of Epidemiology January 2007, Volume 165, Number 2, Pp. 148-156
ScientificAmerican.com January 18, 2007
Hello Dr
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Chlorine increases oxidative stress in all humans, triggering cellular degeneration, disease, and premature DEATH (by decades in corrleation to normal life expectancy).
Three Chlorine molecules are chemically and synthetically attached, through a CAUSTIC industrial process, to one sugar (sucrose) molecule to form ARTIFICIAL, TOXIC, and NOT FROM SUGAR, sucralose (aka Splenda Brand sweetener)...read and buy Dr. Mercola's SWEET DECEPTION.
IS CHLORINE LACED SPLENDA SAFE? No.
Who should be exposing themselves to chlorine (the primary gas used in WWI trench warefare), or consume this chlorinated poison cocktail in a YELLOW sachet or box, falsely posing as just another sweetener? Perhaps Osama bin Laden and his friends...it's a sure bet this diabetic targeted toxin will do what everyone else has failed at thus far.
How many of use have swam in pools that were treated with chlorine? And are outdoor pools safer than indoor pools. I like the area we are in because we can actually swim in the river, as it is fairly clean. Fish still live in it.
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