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Chlorine was first added to our drinking water in the late 1800s and it is still the standard water treatment today. We don’t use chlorine because it’s the safest or even the most effective means of disinfection, we use it because it is the cheapest.
In spite of all our technological advances, we essentially still pour bleach into our water before we drink it. |
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"Chlorine is the greatest crippler and killer of modern times. It is an insidious poison. While it prevented
epidemics of one disease, it was creating others. Two decades after the start of Chlorinating our drinking
water, [1904], the present epidemic of heart trouble, cancer and senility began." |
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- Dr Joseph M Price |
A growing body of researchers worldwide have stated that Chlorine in our drinking water is a cause of Cancer in many forms. Chlorine is also reported to be a serious cause of Miscarriage/Stillbirth and many other serious medical problems. (see many more credible quotations below) The powerful environmental group Greenpeace, has run a well-organized campaign for over eleven years with the objective of a total, worldwide ban on Chlorine.
The danger of Chlorine is well documented and recent research in Norway, America and Canada has shown that Chlorine is a cause of many serious illnesses and medical problems. Some are listed below.
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- Miscarriages
- Stillbirths
- Birth Defects (Spina Bifida)
- Breast cancer
- Kidney cancer
- Bladder cancer
- Bowel cancer
- Rectal cancer
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- Strokes
- Heart disease / Heart attack
- Reduced sperm count
- Fertility problems (Endometriosis)
- Impaired thyroid
- Lung damage
- Immune system breakdown
- Triggers asthma
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Results will always vary from study to study but all researchers report a significantly increased risk of serious medical problems as a result of drinking water Chlorine. |
No one would argue that disinfecting water with Chlorine is a cost effective alternative, and that the hazards of doing away with Chlorine are greater than the immediate benefits. It is very unlikely that we will be able to replace Chlorine water treatment any time in the near future. It is also clear that Chlorine represents a very real and serious threat to our health. |
The good news is that Chlorine is one of the easiest substances to remove from your water. For that reason it logically should serve it’s purpose of disinfecting your water right up to the point of use, where it should then be removed with a Chlorine Water Filter. Chlorine Water Filters can remove 99% of Chlorine from your water. |
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NOTE FOR PREGNANT MOTHERS
Please note that there are many ways that pregnant mums can help prevent miscarriage. One way is to ensure your drinking water is free from Chlorine by using a Chlorine Water Filter in your home (take a bottle with you when you go out or buy Chlorine free bottled water).
Another precaution to help avoid miscarriage is to minimise swimming in Chlorinated pools and reducing the temperature of baths and showers as hot steamy water can release Chlorine in the form of Chloroform which is also harmful to you both. There are, of course, many other important ways to help prevent miscarriage such as refrain from smoking and using recreational drugs / alcohol and eat a well-balanced diet. For more information on what can cause a miscarriage, search Google for "reason for miscarriage".
Please bookmark this page so you can find us again and then read more about Chlorine, Swimming Pools and Pregnancy Miscarriage in Google
Please tell a friend (especially if pregnant or planning a pregnancy) about the danger of Chlorine in your water.
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| What the experts say about Chlorine |
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"Tap water can cause birth defects and miscarriages. Government experts have warned water companies to place limits on levels of chlorine used in supplies of tap water after fears were raised that high levels are linked |
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- Daily Mail (21 April 2004) |
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"Chlorine which is used to disinfect tap water can contribute to an increased risk of having a stillborn baby, researchers have said. |
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The chance is up to 21 per cent greater where pregnant women are drinking and washing in water laced with |
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- Daily Mail (23 October 2004) |
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"Chlorine is so dangerous it should be banned. Putting Chlorine in the water supplies is like starting a time bomb. Cancer, heart trouble, premature senility; both mental and physical, are conditions attributable to Chlorine treated water supplies. It is making us grow old before our time by producing symptoms of aging such |
as hardening of the arteries" |
- Dr Herbert Schwarts, Biologist, Chemist |
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"Chlorine is the greatest crippler and killer of modern times. It is an insidious poison. While it prevented epidemics of one disease, it was creating another. Two decades after the start of Chlorinating our drinking water, [1904], the present epidemic of heart trouble, cancer and senility began." |
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- Dr Joseph M Price |
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"Cancer risk among people drinking Chlorinated water is as much as 93% higher than among those whose |
| water does not contain Chlorine." |
- U.S. Council Of Environmental Quality |
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| "The drinking of Chlorinated water has finally been officially linked to an increased incidence of colon cancer. |
- Health Freedom News, January/February 1987 |
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| "Drinking chlorinated water may as much as double the risk of bladder cancer." |
- National Cancer Institute - Kenneth Cantor |
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| of Chlorinated drinking water" |
- President's Council on Environmental Quality. |
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| "Each day in America, about 30 cases of rectal cancer may be associated with THMs (Chlorination by products) |
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- Natural Resources Defense Council |
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"Long-term drinking of Chlorinated water appears to increase a person's risk of developing bladder cancer as much as 80%," according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Some 45,000 |
Americans are diagnosed every year with bladder cancer. |
- St. Paul Dispatch & Pioneer Press, Dec, 1987 |
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| "Drinking tap water that is chlorinated is hazardous if not deadly to your health." |
- Healty Water for Longer Life- Dr Martin Fox |
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| "Known carcinogens are found in drinking water as a direct consequence of the practice of Chlorination" |
- Municipal Environmental Research Lab - Francis T. Mayo, Director |
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| "We are quite convinced, based on this study, that there is an association between cancer and Chlorinated |
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- Medical College Of Wisconsin Research Team |
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| "We have known for a long time that Chloramines can trigger, rather than cause asthma. |
- Ralph Riley, head of the National Pool Water Treatment Advisory Group |
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| "Scientists discovered that Chlorine reacted with organic material in water to produce hundreds of chemical by-products, several of which have proved in animal studies to be carcinogenic." |
- U.S. News & World Report- July 29, 1991 |
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| "If chlorine were now proposed for the first time to be used in drinking water, it would be banned." |
- Everything You Want To Know About Drinking Water - K.W. Donsbach |
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| "The cause of atherosclerosis and resulting heart attacks and strokes is none other than the ubiquitous chlorine |
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- Dr. Joseph M Price |
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| All Ontap Water Filters include a Chlorine filter that removes over 99% of Chlorine from your water. |
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The cost of protecting your family with a basic Chlorine Water Filter is less than 8.5p per day! |
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