Chlorine & your Shower - Part-2
Coronaries / Cholesterol / Chlorine
Chemistry & Control of Modern Chlorination
Water Can Undermine Your Health
Saginaw Hospital
US Council of Environmental Quality
Healthy Water for a Longer Life
Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory
Kemysts Laboratory
Reference List
Coronaries / Cholesterol / Chlorine
The cause of atherosclerosis and resulting heart attacks
and strokes is none other than the ubiquitous chlorine in
our drinking water.
Dr J M Price, MD
Chemistry & Control of Modern Chlorination
In the vast majority of cases where germ-free water is required
whether for public supply, or in the swimming pool, the process
of disinfection will involve the use of chlorine in one form
or another.
Dr A T Palin, PhD (OBE)
Water Can Undermine Your Health
Chlorine gas was despicably used during WWI. When the war
was over, the use of chlorine was diverted to poisoning germs
in our drinking water. All water supplies throughout the country
were chlorinated. The combination of chlorine (when in drinking
water) and animal fats results in atherosclerosis, heart attacks,
and death.
Dr N W Walker, DS
Saginaw Hospital
Chlorine is the greatest crippler and killer of modern times.
While it prevented epidemics of one disease, ill was creating
another. Two decades ago, after the start of chlorinating
our drinking water in 1904. The present epidemic of heart
trouble, cancer and senility began.
Dr J M Price, MD
US Council of Environmental Quality
Cancer risk among people drinking chlorinated water is 93%
higher than among those whose water does not contain chlorine.
Healthy Water for a Longer Life
Drinking tap water that is chlorinated is hazardous, if not
deadly to your health.
Dr Martin Fox
Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory
Known carcinogens are found in drinking water as a direct
consequence of the practice of chlorination. A long established
public health practice for the disinfection of drinking water.
Francis T Mayo, Director
Kemysts Laboratory
Chlorine is used almost universally in the treatment of public
drinking water because of its toxic effect on harmful bacteria
and other waterborne, disease-causing organisms. But there
is a growing body of scientific evidence that shows that chlorine
in drinking water may actually pose greater long term dangers
than those for which it was used to eliminate. These effects
of chlorine may result from either ingestion or absorption
through the skin. Scientific studies have linked chlorine
and chlorination by-products to cancer of the bladder, liver,
stomach, rectum, and colon, as well as heart disease, atherosclerosis
(hardening of the arteries), anaemia, high blood pressure,
and allergic reactions. There is also evidence that shows
that chlorine can destroy protein in our body and cause adverse
effects on skin and hair.
The presence of chlorine in water may also contribute to
the formation of chloramines in the water, which can cause
taste and odour problems.
Since chlorine is required by public health regulations to
be present in all public drinking water supplies, it is up
to the individual to remove it at the point-of-use in the
home.
Dr Riddle, PhD - BIBLIOGRAPHY
Reference List
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Ian Anderson
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Julian Andelman
Working Paper 84-03, University of Pittsburgh, 1984
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VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCS) IN DRINKING WATER
Halina Brown
American Journal of Public Health, Vol #74, May 1984
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04. TOXIC SHOWERS AND BATHS
Janet Raloff
Science News, Vol #130, p.190
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05. WATER
John F Ashton & Ronald S Laura
Nature & Health, 1988
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06. HUMAN EXPOSURE TO VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN HOUSEHOLD
TAP WATER: THE INHALATION PATHWAY
T E McKone
Environ, SCI, Technology, Vol #21, #12, 1987, pp.1194-1201
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07. THE NADER REPORT - TROUBLED WATERS ON TAP
Duff Conacher & Associates
Centre For Study of Responsive Law, January 1988
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08. DID YOU KNOW THAT... A LONG HOT SHOWER
Bottom Line - Personal, 15 August 1987
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09. MADEMOISELLE
Prior to 15 August 1987
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Joseph M Price
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N W Walker DS
Norwalk Press, 1974
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A PUBLIC DRINKING WATER SYSTEM
George L Carlo
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THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL STATES AND OF CHEMICAL
ALTERATIONS OF THE EPIDERMIS
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19. TEMPORAL VARIATIONS IN TRIHALOMETHANE CONTENT OF DRINKING
WATER
V L Smith
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J A Court
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21. VOLATILE SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMICALS (VOCS)
K V Dyke
Water TechNet, Vol #13, #4, April 1990, p.38
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22. IS YOUR WATER SAFE?
Carpenter, Hedges, Crab, Really & Bounds
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23. IS YOUR WATER SAFE TO DRINK?
Raymond Gabber
Consumer Reports Book, 1987
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