What Is The Best Water Filter For My Shower?
If you’re like most people, you regard a hot shower or a bath as one of those little luxuries of life that just shouldn’t be taken for granted. However, what many don't consider is the danger levels of chlorine found in the water. Although chlorine is known to be a universal water disinfector, it is definitely not safe for drinking, bathing or showering.
Did you know that during your shower, you can absorb more chlorine than from your drinking water? It’s true. While taking a bath or a hot shower, chlorine becomes vaporized allowing it to enter the body through your lungs and the pores of your skin. The pungent odor of chlorine can often irritate the nose, throat, eyes, lungs and mucous membranes. Even if you can't detect it by smell, chlorine can cause covert illness and ailments, such as headaches and neurotoxic reactions.
Not only does it wreak havoc on your body, but chlorine is cosmetically damaging to your hair and your skin. Chlorine can cause your hair to become dry and brittle, it can turn beautiful blond hair into sickly green hair and can wash out your own natural color. Your skin doesn’t fare any better. Chlorine can strip your skin of essential natural oils, leaving it itchy, dry and prematurely aged.
The most important thing to consider when thinking about a shower filter is that studies have shown that prolonged exposure to chlorine can significantly increase the rate of both bladder and colon cancer and heart disease.
So, how do you know what you need in a shower filter? Here are a few things to look for when shopping around. It should remove up to 99% of the chlorine content in your water. It should filter out iron oxides (rust), hydrogen sulfide (sulfur smell), chloramines (ammonia and chlorine), volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and trihalomethanes (THMs), dirt and sediment, odors, scale build-up and traces of heavy metals.
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