Chlorine Taste & Odors
As water leaves a municipal water treatment plant it must meet EPA safety standards, but it travels through miles of pipe before reaching your home. Chlorine is often added as an inexpensive method to control pathogens.
Chlorine is one of the most widely used disinfectants . It is very applicable and very effective for the deactivation of
pathogenic microorganisms. Chlorine can be easily applied, measures and controlled. It is persistent and relatively cheap.
Chlorine is a pesticide that destroys microorganisms by:
- Damaging cell membranes
- Inhibiting specific enzymes
- Destroying nucleic acids and mechanisms
Did You Know: A 10 MINUTE SHOWER may increase the Chlorine levels in your body up to 8X’s more than drinking a single glass of water. (NY Department of Health)
DAMAGE TO YOUR HOME!
Chlorine is a powerful oxidant that can quickly destroys the plastic and rubber components inside your plumbing fixtures
and appliances.
- Costly Home Repairs
- Appliances
- Plumbing Fixtures
- Copper Plumbing
- Water Softeners Resin
UNHEALTHY SIDE OF CHLORINE
The real health problems are caused by chemical reaction and byproducts created when Chlorine reacts with organic
compounds creating a toxic soup of Disinfection By Products (DBP’s) in the water.
Over 600 known DBP’s Including:
- Trihalomethanes
- Halocatic Acids
- Trichloroacetic Acids
MAJOR LINK TO INCREASED SIGNIFICANT HEALTH PROBLEMS DUE TO DBP’S:
- 21% INCREASE IN BLADDER CANCER
1992 Medical College of Milwaukee, WI - 38% INCREASE IN RECTAL CANCER
1992 Medical College of Milwaukee, WI - 9.516% INCREASED RISK OF MISCARRIAGE
1998 California Department of Health Study