dolly2003
July 18th, 2006, 11:15 PM
Chlorine Destroys Harmful Bacteria, but Could Cause Other Health Problems:-
Hi every one...this is very interesting environmental issue....
Why is chlorine added to tap water? Do water filters effectively filter it out? --
Chlorine is a highly efficient disinfectant, and it is added to public water supplies to kill disease-causing bacteria that the water or its transport pipes might contain.
Chlorine has been hailed as the savior against cholera and various other water-borne diseases...“Its disinfectant qualities…have allowed communities and whole cities to grow and prosper by providing disease-free tap water to homes and industry.”
But all this disinfecting has not come with out a price:Chlorine introduced into the water supply reacts with other naturally-occurring elements to form toxins called trihalomethanes (THMs), which eventually make their way into our bodies...THMs have been linked to a wide range of human health maladies ranging from asthma and eczema to bladder cancer and heart disease.
In addition to it,heavy consumption of chlorinated tap water by pregnant women results into higher miscarriage and birth defect rates.This is resulting into cosumption of dangerous amount of contaminated tap water putting the greater number of people at risk.
“Dirty water going into the treatment plant means water contaminated with chlorination byproducts coming out of your tap,”
The solution is to clean up our lakes, rivers and streams, not just bombard our water supplies with chlorine.”
Eliminating water pollution and cleaning up our watersheds are not going to happen overnight, but alternatives to chlorination for water treatment do exist.Like several European and Canadian cities now disinfect their water supplies with ozone instead of chlorine. Currently a handful of U.S. cities do the same, most notably Las Vegas, Nevada and Santa Clara, California.
The first and formost is filteration,Carbon-based filters are considered the most effective at removing THMs and other toxins.....
Hi every one...this is very interesting environmental issue....
Why is chlorine added to tap water? Do water filters effectively filter it out? --
Chlorine is a highly efficient disinfectant, and it is added to public water supplies to kill disease-causing bacteria that the water or its transport pipes might contain.
Chlorine has been hailed as the savior against cholera and various other water-borne diseases...“Its disinfectant qualities…have allowed communities and whole cities to grow and prosper by providing disease-free tap water to homes and industry.”
But all this disinfecting has not come with out a price:Chlorine introduced into the water supply reacts with other naturally-occurring elements to form toxins called trihalomethanes (THMs), which eventually make their way into our bodies...THMs have been linked to a wide range of human health maladies ranging from asthma and eczema to bladder cancer and heart disease.
In addition to it,heavy consumption of chlorinated tap water by pregnant women results into higher miscarriage and birth defect rates.This is resulting into cosumption of dangerous amount of contaminated tap water putting the greater number of people at risk.
“Dirty water going into the treatment plant means water contaminated with chlorination byproducts coming out of your tap,”
The solution is to clean up our lakes, rivers and streams, not just bombard our water supplies with chlorine.”
Eliminating water pollution and cleaning up our watersheds are not going to happen overnight, but alternatives to chlorination for water treatment do exist.Like several European and Canadian cities now disinfect their water supplies with ozone instead of chlorine. Currently a handful of U.S. cities do the same, most notably Las Vegas, Nevada and Santa Clara, California.
The first and formost is filteration,Carbon-based filters are considered the most effective at removing THMs and other toxins.....