Respiratory Problems Related to Showering
A warm shower opens the pores of the skin and allows a high rate of absorption of chlorine and other chemicals.
The steam we inhale while showering can contain up to 20 times the level of chlorine and other synthetic chemicals than tap water due to the fact that these chemicals vaporize at a lower temperature and at a much faster rate than water.
Inhalation of chlorine and chemical vapours is known to be a strong irritant to the tissues in our lungs and a suspected cause of asthma and bronchitis.
When chemicals are inhaled into our lungs they enter directly into our bloodstream and can have magnified effects versus ingested chemicals, which are partially filtered by our liver and kidneys.
Other than the obvious health benefits of showering in chemical free water, the cosmetic benefits are even more noticeable.
According to the U.S. Council of Environmental Quality, "Cancer risk among people using chlorinated water is as much as 93% higher than among those whose water does not contain chlorine."
In the face of this, it just makes sense to do something about it in your home, doesn't it?
"With the realization that more chemicals enter our body through skin absorption and inhalation of steam while showering than does from drinking water, the benefits of shower filtration have become very obvious."
Breast cancer, which now effects one in every eight women in North America, has recently been linked to the accumulation of chlorine compounds in the breast tissue.
A study carried out in Hartford Connecticut, the first of it’s kind in North America, found that, “women with breast cancer have 50% to 60% higher levels of organochlorines (chlorination byproducts) in their breast tissue than women without breast cancer.”
Until recently, scientists thought of the skin as being a total barrier.
Now, thanks to the research leading to the application of transdermal patches for administering therapeutic drugs, we know that the skins permeability has to do with molecular weight.
Scientists have graded the Hydrogen atom as 1 for molecular weight and have discovered that any molecule below 3000 can enter the skin, below 750 can enter the skin cell, and below 150 can enter into the bloodstream.
This discovery is being used increasingly with the introduction of transdermal patches like Nicotine, HRT and pain relief.
They are popular because entry through the skin bypasses the stomach where many drugs can be altered by the stomach acid.
In other words, anything that has a low enough molecular weight can be absorbed by the skin. Anything with a molecular weight below 150 can enter directly into your bloodstream from the skin!
Guess what the molecular weight of chlorine is? 35.4 No wonder that study at the University of Pittsburgh found that you are more at risk from showering in chlorinated water than you are from drinking it.
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