What’s Wrong With Chlorine?
Chlorine is an inorganic substance that chemically bonds to proteins, leaving your hair dry and brittle as well as leaving your skin itchy and red. Chlorine was removed from drinking water due to the effects it showed on the elderly, children and people with chlorine sensitivity.
Chlorine is used when making paper. The process is called organchlorine. Organchlorine presist in the environment and are toxic in samll quanities. THe paper industry produces the largest amount of environmental harming dioxins. As humans we get 90% of the organchlorines in our bodies. People ingest 80 times the amount considered “safe”.
Chlorines effects on humans is very harmful. From skin penetration, inhalation, to contaminats overall.
*Ways you can avoid chlorine*
*Using a filter on your tap water and drinking bottled water that hasn’t had chlorine added to it.
*Purchase a water filter for your shower head. Carbon based filters and KDF filters made of copper and zinc both help to remove chlorine.
*Don’t use chlorine in your swimming pool.
*Don’t use bleach in your laundry or use it to clean. And don’t use products that contain bleach.
*Read all labels, on food, cleaners, everything. If they have been cleaned with chlorine or contain chlorine in any form- DON’T BUY IT!
*Natural and Sustainable Living Tip: Always use nontoxic cleaning alternatives in your home and your everyday life. Some great homemade alternatives include: Baking soda- which cleans, deodorizes, softens water, and scurs. Borax - (sodium borate) cleans, deodorizes, disinfects, softens water, cleans wallpaper, painted walls and floors. White Vinegar - cuts grease, removes mildew, odors, some stains and wax build-up. Cornstarch - can be used to clean windows, polish furniture, shampoo carpets and rugs. Using these products will not only be easy, but safer to use around your family nd pets.
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