Swim in chlorinated pools (and drink and shower with chlorinated water).
"Chlorine is an effective bacteria killer, although some strains of bacteria are developing a resistance to chlorine. Unfortunately, chlorine is an indescriminate killer that kills both friendly and unfriendly bacteria. It also eats throught lead pipes, corrodes most metals, and harms cells and DNA strands in virtually every living thing it touches. Chlorine also introduces to our water supplies some highly carcinogenic chemicals called trihalomethanes (THMs). Studies show a strong link between chlorinated water supplies with elevated THM levels and cancers of the bladder, kidney, liver, pancreas, gastrointestinal tract, urinary tract, colon, and brain. It is risky enough to drink chlorinated tap water, but the mass exposure created by swimming in chlorinated pools or taking extended hot showers in heavily chlorinated water is much more dangerous. (The heat opens skin pores and increases the already high absorption rate of chlorine through the skin.) Dogs exposed to chlorine (this is the ingredient used to bleach white bread) get the running fits, a disorder similar to many psychiatric disorders in humans."
So what do we do? Look into chemical-free treatments for your swimming pools and hot tubs. Find hotels and resorts who use salt-water treatment methods as an alternative to chlorine. It was nice to find out that the Bluegreen Resort Mountain Loft in Gatlinburg, TN (where we vacated a bit this summer) had made the switch to salt water for their swimming pools. Interestingly, the chlorine was just too hard on all the pipes and other hardware involved in the pool function and maintenance.
Purchase a filter for your shower head...check out www.carefreewater.com
Use a reverse osmosis water filtration system...check out www.waterforwellness.us
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