Vitashower SF-1 Chloramine
Shower
Filters and CuZn Chloramine Kitchen Sink Filters
Vitashower Vitamin C Shower
Filter and Vitabath Vitamin C Tablets Removes Chlorine and Chloramines from
Your Shower and Bath Water. CuZn Chloramine KDF 85 Water Filters Remove
Chloramine from Your Drinking Water.
The EPA's
(Environmental Protection Agency) Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, for a hazard ranking under Section 112(g) of the Clean Air Act
Amendments, considers chlorine to be a "high concern" pollutant based on
severe acute toxicity.
"Chlorine is so dangerous" according to biologist/chemist Dr. Herbert
Schwartz," that it should be banned. Putting chlorine in the water 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 ageing such as hardening of the arteries."
New research published this year by Dr.
Michael Plewa, a professor at the University of Illinois, shows that the
disinfection byproducts (DBPs) created from the use of chloramine are
much more toxic than the DBPs of chlorine. These new nitrogen-containing
DBPs are currently not regulated by the EPA. They are in California
water supplies and he recommends that water agencies switch back to
chlorine.
Chloramine is a mixture of chlorine and ammonia, which is added to the water
of many cities as a substitute for free chlorine. It is often referred to in the
plural, as “chloramines,” because it can take on a number of forms according to
the pH and mineral content of the water.
- Chloramine is a combination of chlorine and ammonia.
- Chloramine is used to disinfect water supplies (like
the Hetch Hetchy system.) Water utilities often refer to
chloramine as monochloramine.
- In reality, chloramine exists as three different
forms or species: monochloramine (NH2Cl), dichloramine
(NHCl2) and trichloramine (NCl3). They are chemically
related and are easily converted into each other; thus,
they are more appropriately called chloramines.
- The three species of chloramine constantly and
rapidly shift from one form to another. The species that
predominates is dependent on pH, temperature,
turbulence, and the chlorine to ammonia ratio.
- Even time plays a factor because after a day or so,
with no changes in conditions, monochloramine in a water
system will slowly degrade to form dichloramine and some
trichloramine.
- Chloramines are all respiratory irritants with
trichloramine being the most toxic (order of toxicity:
monochloramine < dichloramine < trichloramine-most
severe.)
- In contrast to what water utilities claim, it is
impossible to have only monochloramine. It is not
unusual in water systems for harmful di and
trichloramines to occur.
Here's two more about
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Showering may negatively affect
our health more than we ever thought. Gasses as a rule are less soluble in
hot water, and when heated, the free chlorine in water escapes into
the air we breathe. When taking a shower chlorine gasses are steadily
increased in the air to an extent that we breathe the harmful fumes.
Regularly taking hot showers with chlorinated water could irritate the lungs
and pose a health risk.
How to Get Chloramine Out of Bathing Water
Some individuals may choose to reduce exposure
to chlorine or chloramine. Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) has recently been
included in AWWA (American Water Works Association) Standard (AWWA, 2005b) as one
of the methods for dechlorination of disinfected water mains.
There are no NSF International certified point
of use devices utilizing Vitamin C, however SFPUC (San Francisco Public
Utilities Commission) determined that 1000 mg of Vitamin C removes
chloramine completely in a medium size bathtub.
Vitashower SF-1 Shower Filter and Vitabath tablets remove chlorine and chloramine
from your bathing water and:
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Rejuvenate
your skin
-
Restore
your hair's natural shine and luster
-
Invigorate
your lungs
VITASHOWER SF-1 Vitamin C Shower Filters $35.95
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 Vitamin
C Shower Filter contains 210 grams of pharmaceutical grade Vitamin C,
capable of neutralizing chlorine in 15,000 gallons of water.
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VITABATH VITAMIN C DECHLORINATION TABLETS $16.95
Neutralizes
Chlorine and Chloramines in Bath, Hot Tub and Spa Water
If you prefer taking a bath, but
don't want chlorine or chloramines in your bath water, use Vitabath Vitamin C
tablets to remove the chlorine and chloramines from your bath water.
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How to Get Chloramine Out of Drinking Water
Another method to remove chloramines is with a KDF 85 filter, such as
those used in the
CuZn
Chloramines Countertop and Under-Counter Water Filters.
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