Adding a whole house water filter gives you better benefits than an individual shower filter. A whole house filter gives you the most convenient and suitable way to reduce harmful exposure of chlorine and other chemicals. And because you only need one filter, it's a whole lot easier than installing a filter on every shower.
Taking a shower in water carrying chlorine and other harmful chemicals can affect health problems such as asthma and bronchitis. According to the results of a study by the Occupational Lung Diseases Unit at the Birmingham Heartlands Hospital "nitrogen trichloride (produced by Chlorine) is a cause of occupational asthma in indoor swimming pool workers like lifeguards and swim instructors."
The problem isn't chlorine, but what chlorine turns into when combined with organics such as sweat, dander, urine and other organics. Chlorine reacts with the organics and produces nitrogen trichloride, aldehydes, halogenated hydrocarbons, chloroform, trihalomethanes and chloramines.
Removing chlorine from the water results in better air quality throughout the house, helps your skin feel softer, healthier, and younger looking as filtered water reduces the presence of skin rashes and the look of wrinkles. Even your hair becomes softer and healthier because the hair is able to preserve its natural moisturizing oils when chlorine is removed from showering water.
Learn more about the links between Chlorine and Asthma.
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