A Chlorine Shower Filter: Does Anyone Really Need One?
Posted by Wendell Johnston | Filed under Health & Fitness
If you are looking for an investment for the sake of your health, a chlorine shower filter may be one of the top things you should purchase. When you shower in chlorinated water, your entire body is affected. And the effects can happy gradually, without you even realizing they are happening. There is a lot to know about showering in chlorine.
Very few people consider tap water as something to drink. The smell and taste is overwhelmingly of chlorine, there is so much added to kill bacteria. To drink a glass of chlorinated tap water is almost like drinking a glass of bleach that has been diluted.
But when it comes to showering, most people jump into the tap water without thinking twice. Yet, chlorine turns to gas at a lower temperature than the water. So we are absorbing and breathing in a higher concentration of chlorine to water.
In a hot shower, the heat opens up our pores. This makes it that much easier for the chlorine in the water to be absorbed into the pores of our skin and into the blood. The toxin is also breathed into the lungs. Your intake of chlorine in a shower is far more than you would get if you did drink tap water. Many studies have now confirmed that showering can indeed be hazardous to your health.
Several different shower filters are available today to filter chlorine. Most shower filters used to use a charcoal based media. These filter out some, but usually not all, of the chlorine. However, bacteria can also breed in this type of media, and they will then be in the water you shower with.
A newer available technology is a media called KDF. This filters out a variety of elements including heavy metals and chlorine. It uses an ionic charge method to remove the chlorine, and is able to take out about 99%. An added benefit is that bacteria do not form in this media.
With either kind of shower filter, most styles are the type that has replaceable filters. You will know it is time to replace your filter when the smell of chlorine is very strong. How often that will be is going to depend on the number of people using it, how often showers are taken and for how long.
Physical design can also be important in choosing your shower filter. Some filters have the media attached in place of the shower head or between the shower head and the pipe. This has the effect of decreasing the space to stand underneath the shower. Other types have the media to the side or above which does not take away any precious head space.
It will probably take some time to research available chlorine shower filters but there is definitely one that will meet both your needs and your budget. But do not make your choice based on price alone, or even design. How effective it is at filtering is the single most important thing on which to base your choice.
Save yourself and your family from ingesting and inhaling hazardous chemicals-get a shower water filter to make your water safer. A chlorine shower filter will greatly reduce your family’s health risks! Make the logical choice today that could save your life!
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