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Mark
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 Posted - 09/04/2007 : 16:06:32
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| Has anyone tried using new state of the art shower filters? Just thinking about how much chlorine, lead, flouride, mercury, and other toxic chemicals come through my city water. I've heard people talk about how much better their skin was due to a whole house RO system. I can't install that since I rent an apartment, but I CAN add an inline filter just to the shower. Just wondering if anyone else has done this and noticed a big difference in their skin. What brand did you use if you did? Surely this can only help skin cancer, but do you need a $300 filter, or is a $50 filter just as good? |
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Martha1
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Posted - 09/04/2007 : 18:25:35
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Mark,
I think we had a filter on our shower head, for the last several years that we lived in the city. Assuming we did, it would have been from Multi-Pure, the same company we got our drinking-water filter from. I don't remember the price we paid for it, and I can't say I noticed any effect on my skin. I think my diet had a much greater effect.
We left the city almost two years ago, and I would have to say my skin feels softer now. I don't know if that's due to purer water, milder soap, taking vitamins, taking pancreatin, less stress, or what - maybe a combination of all the above.
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Mark
36 Posts |
Posted - 09/05/2007 : 01:02:14
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| Yep, its hard to tell what works sometimes. I think i'm going to get one and will report back about how well it works or if it does nothing. I have just noticed that I stand a certain way in the shower where the water hits me more on one side. That one side is showing some red spots that are not going away, so its made me suspicious that all the chemicals in the water are causing it. And worse case, possibly a contributor to my BCC. So its worth a try. More to come I guess. |
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dan
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Posted - 09/05/2007 : 20:43:56
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It's kind of funny timing for this post because I just bought a shower filter last weekend. I went cheap, $35 for a Sprite combined shower head/ filter at Home Depot. The $10 replaceable cartridges last 6 months or 5000 gallons. The filter/ shower head seems to work well with good output and was a breeze to install. So far I have noticed my hair seems softer and there is no chlorine smell even without an exhaust fan.
I am also suspicious of a chlorine skin cancer association because I had skin cancers at the base of my neck in the back which gets pounded in long, hot showers that I sometimes like to take. The blurb on the packaging says "Chlorine is universally used to control bacteria in water and chemically bonds with the proteins in our body, causing dry skin and hair, eye irritation/ redness and other health concerns. Chlorine is not only absorbed through the skin but vaporizes in the shower and is inhaled directly into the lungs." I read that amount of chlorine absorbed by one shower is equivalent to drinking 8 glasses of chlorinated water.
The use of chlorine in public water supplies is not going away soon. Inexpensive filters for drinking water and showers seem to me to be a good investment.
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rx7eddie
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Posted - 09/10/2007 : 03:09:33
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ive had the sprite shower filter on my shower for almost 7 months now and will not go without one. i picked it up at lowes for about 25 bucks. here is a review for a couple of popular filters out there.
http://home.roadrunner.com/~reviewguy/results.html |
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tyson
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Posted - 09/19/2007 : 10:01:34
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hello all,
i found out that swimming in my pool with chlorine can make my cancer progress much faster. i found a new technology for pools that are these capsules that are about the size of a softball, and they make it so you only have to use 1/10 of the chlorine that you usually have to use. i was skeptical at first, but these things kill all bacteria, algae, and my pool is crystal clear. i dont remember the website where i got them off hand, but if you want to check them out email me and ill find it for you. i would suggest them to anyone with cancer, or other health problems that chlorine escalates.
tyson.
ryang8088@hotmail.com |
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thetweetsmeow
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Posted - 09/19/2007 : 12:00:05
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| I've heard the same bad news about chlorine in our city water. Since our skin is our largest organ, the chlorine we absorb through our skin is far more toxic than when we drink it. I have also read that the impact of this on our bodies goes further than just skin cancer. As with all toxins, it puts more load on the liver too. I'd love to hear more feedback on the various shower filters used. I've been looking into getting one of these myself. |
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Mark
36 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2007 : 18:07:07
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I bought and installed a sprite shower head/filter combo about a week ago. It was about $35 at Home Depot. I havn't noticed much with my skin or hair like some have said, but I definately notice the absense of that chlorine smell. So at least it gets rid of most of that. One thing that still bothers me is that there is fluoride in the water as well (very toxic and cancer causing). Unfortunately, there is no filter that can rid the water of the fluoride the city adds. Only RO can get that out. And if you live in an apartment like me, there is no way to install one for a shower without some major modifications to the plumbing. So even though I have a filter on the kitchen faucet as well, its still not drinkable. And its likely that my body takes on some of the toxins even with the shower filter. Theres just hardly a way to win with this. All you can do is your best to minimize. Here is a link on the dangers of fluoride:
http://www.mercola.com/2002/feb/2/fluoride_safety.htm
And here is what California has to say:
http://www.westbasin.com/pdf/Westbasin4907.pdf
Kinda pisses me off to think about. How do they get away with adding a blatent danger to society? These big companies want to say its "OK". What BS. Its all about the money. Might as well force us to smoke. |
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rx7eddie
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Posted - 09/24/2007 : 19:58:20
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| they have fluoride filters made from activated alumna but the price is alot more, plus the water has to travel slowly thru the fluoride filter making it pretty much only suitable for a drinking water tap. |
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