Does Chlorine Cause Cancer and Heart Disease?

There is a very close relationship between cancer and chlorinated water according to the Medical College Of Wisconsin research team

Water treatment plants started using chlorine to clean our drinking water in the late 1800s and by 1904 chlorine had become the common water treatment chemical, even today. We are willing to use chlorine not because it is safe or effective, but only because it is affordable.

Despite all these technological developments, we usually add bleach in our water before we drink it. Using chlorinated water does come at a price... Click here for a comparison of water filters

"Cancer risk among people drinking chlorinated water is 93% higher than among those whose water does not contain chlorine."-- U.S. Council Of Environmental Quality

The famous Dr. Joseph Price wrote a very controversial book in the late sixties titled "Coronaries/ Cholesterol/ Chlorine" and stated that there is nothing that can negate the incontrovertible fact that the main cause of atherosclerosis, heart attacks and stroke is chlorine.

Dr. Price summarized his book by outlining a study he performed on chickens as test , where two groups of several hundred birds were observed throughout their life-span to maturity.

In his experiment he exposed the first group of birds to water with chlorine while the second was given normal water. The first group of birds when autopsied, all showed some level of heart or circulatory disease while the second group of birds was free from disease. In winter the group with chlorine showed outward signs of poor circulation, shivering, drooped feathers and a reduced level of activity. The group without chlorine grew rapidly, bigger and showed vigorous health.

This study was accepted in the poultry industry and is still being referenced by scientist today. Because of this most major poultry producers stopped treating the water with chlorine. It was also concluded that if the water with chlorine was not good for the health of the birds then chances are it is also not good for human beings as well! Click here for question you should ask you water filter supplier

There are other issues with chlorine that were also discovered. Once added to water, chlorine combines with natural compounds to create Trihalomethanes (chlorination byproducts), or THMs. These chlorine byproducts enhance the development of free radicals in the body, which cause extensive cell damage, and are very dangerous. Although concentrations of these carcinogens (THMs) are in low amounts, it is precisely these low levels that cancer scientists believe are responsible for the majority of human cancers in the United States.

In simple terms chlorine is a pesticide, according to the U.S. EPA, and is meant to destroy living organisms. When we take in water with chlorine, it kills our tissue cells and thus some part of us. Dr. Robert Carlson, a highly respected University of Minnesota researcher whose work is sponsored by the Federal Environmental Protection Agency, sums it up by claiming that the chlorine problem is similar to that of air pollution, and adds that chlorine is the greatest crippler and killer of modern times!

Chlorine accumulates in the breast tissue and causes breast cancer, which now affects one in every 8 women in North America alone....

An experiment carried out in Hartford Connecticut, the first of its kind in North America, found that, women with breast cancer have 50% to 60% higher levels of organ chlorines (chlorination byproducts) in their breast tissue than women without breast cancer.

Taking a shower in water that has chlorine results in damaged skin and hair. This normally results in older dull looking skin. Taking a swim in a pool just after chlorine is added and your skin wrinkles up, and becomes itchy. It is surprising that we commonly find higher levels of chlorine in our tap water than is recommended for safe swimming pools.

Chlorine also is the number one cause of bad taste and odor in drinking water. The objectionable taste causes many people to turn to other less healthful beverages such as soft drinks, tea or other sweetened drinks. A reduced intake of water, for any reason, can only result in a lower degree of health.

It is very easy to get rid of chlorine from the water by using high quality home filtration systems...

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