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Are you developing a love-hate relationship with your swimming pool?
Do you keep telling yourself that you should use your pool or spa more often for all you spent on it - but don't?
Feel tired and worn rather than refreshed after being in your pool, spa or hot tub?
Are you tired of the smell of chemicals?
The two most common pool and spa chemicals are chlorine and bromine.
These are two very dangerous toxins.
Known Chlorine Dangers:
* Chlorine combines with natural organic matter decaying vegetation to form potent cancer causing trihalomethanes (THM’s)
* Collectively include such carcinogens as chloroforms, bromoforms carbon tectachloride, bischlorothane and other cancer causing agents
* The level of chlorine in swimming pools is over 1,000% the level deemed minimally safe by the EPA in water
* Causes atherosclerosis, stroke and heart attack
* Causes skin to prematurely age
* Damages the human eye
* Causes bladder, breast, testicular, bladder, colon, or rectal and bowel cancer as well as malignant melanoma
* Damages lung tissue
* Causes acne, psoriasis, seborrhea and eczema
* Converts to dioxins - the most dangers of cancer causing chemicals and which build up permanently within a person's body
causes infertility and birth defects
* Damages the nervous system permanently
Is Bromine a safe alternative?
Known Bromine Dangers:
* If spilled on skin it produces painful sores
* Has strong unpleasant odor
* Is Toxic
* Converts to dichlorobromomethane, bromoform and bromate
* The Metropolitan Emergency Response Network defines dichlorobromomethan as particularly dangerous and harmful (see below)
Vapor will attack the eyes and lungs
* Causes cancer
* Damages skin
* Damages the liver
* Causes depression and brain damage
* Damages the nervous system and muscles
* Bromine vapors are known to reduce male sperm count, causes malformed sperm resulting in birth defects and causes male infertility
* Maximum safety precautions should be used when handling it PLEASE NOTE: This article is for information purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for medical advice. You should consult with a physician or other health-care professional familiar with nutrition, prevention, and related health issues. Any product or statement on this or any linked web site has not been approved by or have not been evaluated or certified by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Products are not offered specifically for medical purpose. Always consult your medical practitioner prior to using any substance or product for any medical condition including any product mentioned or offered here. The FDA has not approved the usage of hydrogen peroxide for any medical purpose.
This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 16 June, 2009.
