3 Good Reasons You Should Use A Shower Head Water Filter
Garth T Wilcox
November 19, 2009
We know it's important to filter our drinking water, but why would people filter their shower water too?
You don't drink shower water, we wash in it, right?
The fact is, there are very good reasons to filter your shower water:
1. Chlorine. It's not exactly healthy to drink chlorine. But there is also a problem with the stuff in the shower water. When water lands on your skin, some of it is absorbed into your body. The chlorine soaks in with it. And, hot water will open pores which allows more chlorine to be absorbed.
Chlorine will damage hair, dry out the oils our skin naturally makes, and make you feel dry and itchy.
A high quality shower water filter will not only soften your hair but make your skin softer and healthier. Your hair will look and feel healthy plus the color won't fade as fast.
2. When you're taking a shower, hot water releases chlorine gas into the air, trapped in the shower with you, so you end up breathing it in.
The American Journal of Public Health has documented and released a recent study. It states that chlorine is linked to cancer and that 2/3rds of the chlorine we absorb is through the skin and breathing it in our showers.
In addition, when your shower is done, the chlorine will vent out and contaminate the air in the rest of your home.
3. The above also applies to a lot of the different toxins and chemicals known to be in our water. You can find pesticides and herbicides, lead, antibiotics, heavy metals and a whole lot more.
Like chlorine, these toxins will also vaporize in a steamy, hot shower, forming a gas. Naturally you'll breathe in that gas too. You're still absorbing the same chemicals and toxins, even if you filter your drinking water, through your shower.
Most good water filters will filter out close to any toxin as well as 99.99% of the chlorine.
Plus it's not as expensive as you would think. The best shower head water filter available cost less that $70 which, if you think of it, that's a bargain to get rid of all the negative effects of showering in chlorinated water.
Do yourself and your family a big favor and start using a shower head water filter.
You don't drink shower water, we wash in it, right?
The fact is, there are very good reasons to filter your shower water:
1. Chlorine. It's not exactly healthy to drink chlorine. But there is also a problem with the stuff in the shower water. When water lands on your skin, some of it is absorbed into your body. The chlorine soaks in with it. And, hot water will open pores which allows more chlorine to be absorbed.
Chlorine will damage hair, dry out the oils our skin naturally makes, and make you feel dry and itchy.
A high quality shower water filter will not only soften your hair but make your skin softer and healthier. Your hair will look and feel healthy plus the color won't fade as fast.
2. When you're taking a shower, hot water releases chlorine gas into the air, trapped in the shower with you, so you end up breathing it in.
The American Journal of Public Health has documented and released a recent study. It states that chlorine is linked to cancer and that 2/3rds of the chlorine we absorb is through the skin and breathing it in our showers.
In addition, when your shower is done, the chlorine will vent out and contaminate the air in the rest of your home.
3. The above also applies to a lot of the different toxins and chemicals known to be in our water. You can find pesticides and herbicides, lead, antibiotics, heavy metals and a whole lot more.
Like chlorine, these toxins will also vaporize in a steamy, hot shower, forming a gas. Naturally you'll breathe in that gas too. You're still absorbing the same chemicals and toxins, even if you filter your drinking water, through your shower.
Most good water filters will filter out close to any toxin as well as 99.99% of the chlorine.
Plus it's not as expensive as you would think. The best shower head water filter available cost less that $70 which, if you think of it, that's a bargain to get rid of all the negative effects of showering in chlorinated water.
Do yourself and your family a big favor and start using a shower head water filter.
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