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Jody Godfrey: Chlorine content can be combatted
Seventy-five percent of the water that Americans consume is chlorinated. As with fluoride, according to the U.S. Council of Environmental Quality, highly reactive chlorine is one of the industrial waste products profitably (the reason it’s used is because it is cheap) disposed of by using people as garbage receptacles, then on into the environment.
Chlorine oxidizes lipid contaminants in the water. It creates free radicals and oxysterols (read about these on the Internet).
Though chlorinization kills much bacteria, it is now considered an inferior way to treat water for a couple of reasons:
No. 1: It fails against a variety of water problems including parasites, and can seriously harm people who use the water.
No. 2: The cost is unnecessarily high.
In 1996, a new ozone treatment plant was opened in Andover, Mass. It cost $83 per million gallons of purified water, only 2/3 as much as treating the standard way with chlorine. The town saved $64,000 annually in chemical costs alone and used less electricity in the process. I spoke on the phone with plant manager Dennis Betrosian and he said they are still reaping the benefits of this system today.
Chlorine studies
Dr. Robert Harris, lead scientist in a chlorine study noted in 2003 in Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, said that conditions that can be caused by chlorine include spontaneous miscarriages, changes good cholesterol to bad, bladder cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, rectal cancer, migraines, allergies and arthritis.
In another study, a team of physicians led by William Enos autopsied 300 GIs who died in the Korean War. These were obviously healthy boys who passed the induction physical, remember. To the team’s shock and amazement, in 77 percent, the pathologists found gross evidence of arteriosclerosis in the coronary arteries. And in several young men, one or more arteries were completely clogged. Interestingly enough, their water brought in was even more chlorinated than our tap water because they had to knock out indigenous disease.
Optimal solution
Buy bottled water only if you aren’t able to afford whole-house water remediation. Whole-house is indeed the optimal solution; however, if you go the bottled route, do your homework.
Read the label and make certain fluoride or chlorine isn’t on the label. Fluoride is supposed to be disclosed, but I’m not sure about chlorine. If it comes from a spring or well, you shouldn’t have to worry about either contaminant, but I’d get some strips to test for chlorine content.
We have an in-house filtration system, so I’ve not really investigated the free-standing dispensers where you may fill up your own container.
The good news in all of this is that it can be fixed one way or another; halted at the tap is my favorite. But we do need to write to our representatives and let them know our feelings on mandated additives to our water supply. Hopefully, we can get it stopped at some point — but if not, the cost of filtration definitely needs to be a 100-percent write-off!
I wonder if the latest boilers that serve hot water direct rather than through the indirect old system deliver up more chlorine gas when you run a bath?
Seventy-five percent of the water that Americans consume is chlorinated. As with fluoride, according to the U.S. Council of Environmental Quality, highly reactive chlorine is one of the industrial waste products profitably (the reason it’s used is because it is cheap) disposed of by using people as garbage receptacles, then on into the environment.
Chlorine oxidizes lipid contaminants in the water. It creates free radicals and oxysterols (read about these on the Internet).
Though chlorinization kills much bacteria, it is now considered an inferior way to treat water for a couple of reasons:
No. 1: It fails against a variety of water problems including parasites, and can seriously harm people who use the water.
No. 2: The cost is unnecessarily high.
In 1996, a new ozone treatment plant was opened in Andover, Mass. It cost $83 per million gallons of purified water, only 2/3 as much as treating the standard way with chlorine. The town saved $64,000 annually in chemical costs alone and used less electricity in the process. I spoke on the phone with plant manager Dennis Betrosian and he said they are still reaping the benefits of this system today.
Chlorine studies
Dr. Robert Harris, lead scientist in a chlorine study noted in 2003 in Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, said that conditions that can be caused by chlorine include spontaneous miscarriages, changes good cholesterol to bad, bladder cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, rectal cancer, migraines, allergies and arthritis.
In another study, a team of physicians led by William Enos autopsied 300 GIs who died in the Korean War. These were obviously healthy boys who passed the induction physical, remember. To the team’s shock and amazement, in 77 percent, the pathologists found gross evidence of arteriosclerosis in the coronary arteries. And in several young men, one or more arteries were completely clogged. Interestingly enough, their water brought in was even more chlorinated than our tap water because they had to knock out indigenous disease.
Optimal solution
Buy bottled water only if you aren’t able to afford whole-house water remediation. Whole-house is indeed the optimal solution; however, if you go the bottled route, do your homework.
Read the label and make certain fluoride or chlorine isn’t on the label. Fluoride is supposed to be disclosed, but I’m not sure about chlorine. If it comes from a spring or well, you shouldn’t have to worry about either contaminant, but I’d get some strips to test for chlorine content.
We have an in-house filtration system, so I’ve not really investigated the free-standing dispensers where you may fill up your own container.
The good news in all of this is that it can be fixed one way or another; halted at the tap is my favorite. But we do need to write to our representatives and let them know our feelings on mandated additives to our water supply. Hopefully, we can get it stopped at some point — but if not, the cost of filtration definitely needs to be a 100-percent write-off!
I wonder if the latest boilers that serve hot water direct rather than through the indirect old system deliver up more chlorine gas when you run a bath?
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