Ahh! There's nothing quite as relaxing as a nice, hot bath or shower, right? After all, when you step out of the steamy bathroom, you feel so relaxed, so ready to hit the sheets and catch some serious sleep, don't you?
Well, is this because your hot shower is just so very good for you, or is it the fact that you have just spent 15 minutes directly inhaling a toxic mix of chemicals that are deteriorating your health and drugging your body?
If you're not using shower filters in your bathroom, there's a good chance that you're body is getting a whole lot more than just clean and relaxed every time you take a hot shower.
The Chlorinated Water Myth
Most of our homes have chlorinated water pumped into them. For years, water treatment plants have been putting chlorine into your bathing, and drinking water without a cry of “Foul!” from anyone.
And why should anyone complain?
After all, chlorine is a good thing for water, right?
Not so much, as it turns out. You see, chlorine may work to kill some microorganisms, but as is usually the case with chemical additives, you also get a whole lot more than you bargained for.
Off to the Gas Chamber!
We've all heard the atrocities about the Nazis killing millions of people in their dreaded gas chambers. And, in some parts of the world, gas chambers are still used today to execute violent criminal offenders.
Well, when you step into that hot, steamy, super-chlorinated shower, without the use of high quality shower filters, you're subjecting yourself to a kind of “Mini-Gas Chamber” of your own device. When chlorine becomes heated and interacts with other elements, nasty, sometimes deadly, combinations are formed.
Knockout Showers
Have you ever seen a spy movie, where someone uses chloroform to knock someone out instantly?
You might be surprised to learn that this knockout chemical is simply a combination of chlorine and other naturally occurring elements. Maybe, this is why you feel so tired and groggy after that hot shower… Doesn't exactly encourage you to clean up without shower filters when you realize that you are essentially drugging yourself with a dangerous concoction of chemicals, now does it?
Now you see why it's so essential to have shower filters installed on every shower in your home. And why you should avoid ever taking a shower without one. When you take a shower, you take in these dangerous chemicals in a way that is very dangerous. Your skin absorbs the chemicals, and your lungs breathe in the dangerous steam. That means that these nasty concoctions are transmitted directly to your bloodstream, so your body begins to be affected almost immediately.
The next time you take a shower without a shower filter, think about this – Is it so important to get clean on the outside of your body, that you totally saturate the inside of your body with absolute chemical filth?
That being said, do yourself a favor and get a shower filter!
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