Did you know that taking a typical shower can expose you to nearly ten times more chlorine than you would receive by drinking unfiltered tap water all day long. You may go out of your way to buy the water you drink bottled or filtered, so you’re guaranteed water that’s pure and clean. Good Idea.
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You may have installed filters on your kitchen tap, so even the water you use in your food preparation is safe. You do all this to avoid ingesting harmful chemicals that are in unfiltered tap water. |
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So why choose to take a shower in the same chemically polluted water you refuse to drink? |
More and more studies are confirming that simple exposure to water in your shower and bath has the potential to do real and long-term damage to your health and wellbeing.
In fact, exposure to the chemicals in your shower and the steam a hot shower produces, including chlorine, chloroform, trichloroethylene (TCE), and hydrogen sulfide, may cause cancer, respiratory illness, liver and kidney disease, and a whole host of other health problems.
And, let me clarify here… when I say “exposure,” I mean simply getting wet and breathing while you’re in the shower -- there’s no scientific jargon that disguises something more complicated than what you do every time you take a shower.
That’s right -- every single day you could be putting yourself at risk by simply stepping into the shower. Wow! This is one time where singing in the shower is not advised.
“We conclude that skin absorption of contaminants in drinking water has been underestimated and that ingestion may not constitute the sole or even primary route of exposure.”
Studies like this one published in the American Journal of Public Health are finally exposing what has been suspected for a long time: exposure to chlorine on your skin can potentially be dangerous to your health.
For many years, researchers thought that the “exposure” came only when chlorine was ingested. But, current studies are showing that drinking the water is not the only risk. And is likely not even the most severe.
That’s why it’s so critical you help protect yourself, starting now… |