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Why I Always Use a Shower Filter

Why I Always Use a Shower Filter

Most of us know the importance of drinking enough water and filtering it to avoid harmful chemicals or contaminants, but did you know that shower water can be just as harmful (if not more so) than drinking water? Here’s why: What’s in Shower Water? Unfiltered shower water can contain an array of chemicals like chlorine (which we try to avoid whenever possible) as well as bacteria and fungus from the shower head. The skin is much more than just a covering for the body. It is the largest organ and is responsible for important functions like vitamin d creation and...

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The Best Shower Filter Of 2016

The Best Shower Filter Of 2016

The Best Shower Filter Of 2016 The Best Shower Filter Of 2016  by Justin Thomas • January 1, 2016 In A Nutshell If you want to remove both chloramines and chlorine from your shower, I recommend a vitamin-C based shower filter, like the Sonaki In-Line Filter The Details Almost all popular shower filters available today only remove 20% – 80% of free chlorine (not total combined chlorine) from your shower.  This includes shower filters that are certified by the NSF #177 Standard — unfortunately this standard only indicates that a filter will remove 50% of free chlorine in the water....

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Advantages of Vitamin over Traditional Technologies

• Vitamin C dechlorination has a lengthy history. It has been used in EPA and APHA methods for the dechlorination of lab samples. In the medical industry, it is the standard for critical applications such as dialysis, where the introduction of chlorinated water or toxic chemical would be catatrophic. Breeders of rare fish also choose this method of dechlorination. Very recently, Vitamin dechlorination is being used in the treatment of water. It fully neutralizes both chlorine and chloramines. There are several powerful arguments for using Vitamin instead of KDF, activated carbon or sulfur-based compounds as dechlorination agents. Vitamin utilizes ascorbic...

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Chlorine & Skin, Hair

* Chlorine is one of the causes of brittle hair  Hair is still a part of our skin, but the major difference from our skin is that hair is not curable once it is damaged. Chlorine residue oxidizes protein and cuticle causing dull and clumsy looking hair as well as dandruff. Chlorine and Chloramines   * Chlorine is one of the causes of dry skin  Chlorine is a serious irritant and creates carcinogenic by-products. Persons with sensitive skin, skin rashes, specific skin allergies, very dry skin need the most efficient shower filter to reduce their exposure to the aggressive effects...

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Chlorine and Chloramines

• To better appreciate the power of using a vitamin as the dechlorination agent in the Vitamin Shower Filter, the hazards in our water supplies must be better understood. These dangers are real and should not be overlooked or accepted by the general public.   • Chlorine is universally used to chemically disinfect public water systems because of its toxic effect on harmful germs, bacteria and disease-causing organisms. As defined above, chlorine is a toxic gas. With greater exposure to toxic chlorine contained in water supplies, the potential health dangers we face become more real.   • During the bathing...

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