Showering: Is Your Health at Risk? by Peter McGarry

For the past decade, people have focused on the importance

of clean drinking water. Purified drinking water reduces or

eliminates chemicals found in normal tap water. However,

the body derives its need for water from alternative sources,

most notably while showering.

It is common practice in North America to shower on a

daily basis, sometimes more than once. Unfortunately, most

people are unaware that more chlorine is absorbed

through the skin during the average shower than by drinking

six to eight glasses of tap water. This may make one wonder,

how clean is shower water?

Are you a fan of hot showers?

Since the skin is porous, it is the body's way of excreting

toxins and regulating temperature, hot showers cause the

pores of the skin to dilate, allowing chlorine and other

free radicals to be rapidly absorbed. Chlorine is also

contained within the water vapor that enters the air as

steam, and which we breathe into our lungs as we shower.

Dr. Halina Brown, a professor of water chemistry at the

University of Pittsburgh, claims that the exposure to

vaporized chemicals in water supplied through showering,

bathing and inhalation is 100 times greater than through

drinking the water.

Furthermore, chlorine and other water contaminants reduce

the effectiveness of many shampoos, conditioners, lotions,

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BIO:

Peter McGarry is the editor of Magnetic Revolution's monthly newsletter. Our goal is to educate and create an awareness on everyday issues that concern our health. For a free newsletter please view, http://www.magneticrevolution.com

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