According to the U.S. Council of Environmental Quality‚ “Cancer risk among people drinking chlorinated water is as much as 93% higher than among those whose water does not contain chlorine.”
“We are quite convinced, based on this study, that there is an association between cancer and chlorinated water.” By Medical College Of Wisconsin research team
It’ll be a surprising fact to think the water which we drink or the water which we used to swim causes cancer and heart related diseases. We’ve been using chlorinating water as the purification process before we drink since late 1800s as the chlorine is cheaper.
When chlorine is added to water, it combines with other natural compounds to form carcinogens or Trihalomethanes (THMs). These chlorine byproducts can cause cell damage by producing free radicals inside human body when chlorinated water is taken. Cancer scientists believe in that THMs can cause cancer in majority of humans even they exist precisely in low levels. Dr. Robert Carlson claimed “the chlorine problem is similar to that of air pollution” and later as “Chlorine is the greatest crippler and killer of modern times!”.
Chlorine is one of the factors causing Breast Cancer which effects women now-a-days due to accumulations of chlorine compounds in the breast tissue.
Chlorine and other chemicals in water can enter human body through pores of the skin during warm shower as pores will be opened up during warm shower. As Chlorine and most other contaminants vaporize faster can be inhaled through the steam while shower. The major harmful means of exposure to chlorine is the inhalation of chlorine gas (chloroform) as it enters blood vessels directly through lungs. When chlorine is inhaled, it causes irritation to the sensitive tissues and bronchial passages inside our lungs and that is the reason chlorine vapors are used as chemical weapon in World War II. Chlorine is reported be the causative of asthma and bronchitis especially in children.
Please respond to this silent knive killer which we treat as purifier to drink our water or to swim in our pools. It does purification and besides kills our body parts. We must educate our fellow humans to protect them from this hazardous chemical “CHLORINE (Cl2)”.
Reference: http://www.aquasanastore.com/water-facts_b03.html
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