Avoid Chlorine Like The Plague

You may not realize how harmful chlorine can be. I wanted to share this article with you:

Avoid Chlorine Like The Plague


By William R. Quesnell Copyright 2004

Every monday evening I pass by the window front of the local 24 Hour Fitness Club where droves of people are jumping up and down doing exercises in an Olympic size pool.

While they are exercising, they are taking in gobs of chlorine. But they are not taking in the mineral form of chlorine found in nature that is required by our metabolic enzyme systems.

The water they are jumping around in contains industrial chlorine that reacts with naturally occurring substances in the water to form carcinogens. These carcinogens then enter the largest organ in our body--the skin.

Some reports say 100 times more chlorine enters the body through the open pores of the skin by showering and bathing than by drinking the same water.

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Jeannie Crabtree