| Have you heard about a whole house water filtration | | | | of nagging health symptoms. |
| system? These systems are installed where water | | | | You might be wondering how chlorine in water can |
| comes into your house and provide filtration for all | | | | cause respiratory issues. It turns out that the steam |
| water that is used in your home, whether for | | | | from hot water can cause problems for those with |
| drinking, bathing, or washing clothes. Why would you | | | | allergies and breathing problems as it is breathed in. |
| want this? | | | | Most healthy people aren't affected so much but |
| The US Water Treatment Problem | | | | those who already have breathing problems can be |
| There has been a lot of coverage recently about | | | | hampered by the gas that comes with the steam. |
| water supply contaminates in the US. This includes | | | | Note that chlorine is a gas; it was used to kill on the |
| pesticides, prescription drugs, industrial chemicals, and | | | | battlefields of Europe during World War I, so perhaps |
| a host of contaminants that you probably don't want | | | | it shouldn't surprise us that there may be health |
| to think about. | | | | effects even in small quantities. |
| Add to this list a couple of additives that we scarcely | | | | Chlorine Water Filter |
| think of these days, chlorine and fluorine. Fluorine was | | | | Many have taken advantage of chlorine water filters |
| added based on the belief (without adequate | | | | for drinking water with faucet attachment filters, |
| research) that fluorine reduces cavities. Chlorine is | | | | under sink water filters, and pitcher filters. This helps |
| responsible for stopping the spread of typhoid fever | | | | as most of the chlorine is removed, although little is |
| and other diseases through water. This was a big | | | | done for most of the other contaminates - still, it is a |
| killer and stopping disease spread is a great | | | | step in the right direction. There also remains the |
| achievement for chlorine, but, taking the chlorine into | | | | problem of the chlorine released into the air, and |
| the body (and on the body) has issues for us too. | | | | breathed in, from hot water and all of those other |
| These things all contribute to the US water | | | | contaminates. |
| treatment problem. | | | | Whole House Water Filtration Systems |
| Chlorinated water is mild bleach and has been shown | | | | Happily there is a solution to all of this and it is whole |
| to cause acne and other skin diseases, brittle hair, | | | | house water filtration systems. Good systems |
| respiratory problems, and those subtle illnesses that | | | | remove all contaminates discussed above as well as |
| make you feel bad but you don't know why. Families | | | | some bacteria that may remain after all the chemicals |
| who have filtered chlorine from their water have | | | | and filtering applied at the municipal water company. |
| reported clearing of skin, healthier hair, and clearing up | | | | |