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Chlorinated tap water may cause some birth defects 6-7-08
A new study in BioMed Central's open access journal Environmental Health
suggests that women using tap water disinfected by chlorine while pregnant are
at higher risk of having children with heart problems, cleft palate or major
brain defects.
The study found pregnant women exposed tap water with total trihalomethanes,
byproducts of chlorination, above 20 ėg/L were at an 50 to 100 percent increased
risk compared to those who were exposed to levels below 5 ėg/L.
For the study, Jouni Jaakkola from the University of Birmingham UK and
colleagues collected data for nearly 40,000 infants in Taiwan participating in
previous studies and found the link between by-products of water chlorination
and three specific birth defects.
Of 11 common birth defects considered in the study, ventricular septal defects
(holes in the heart), cleft palate, and anencephalus (where neural development
fails, resulting in the absence of a major portion of the brain, skull, and
scalp) were the three defects that were associated with exposure to high levels
of chlorination by-products during pregnancy.
"The biological mechanism for how these disinfection by-products may cause
defects are still unknown," said Jaakkola. "However, our findings don't just add
to the evidence that water chlorination may cause birth defects, but suggest
that exposure to chlorination by-products may be responsible some specific and
common defects.
Comment:
Chlorine is a problem whether it comes from a pesticide or not. The biggest exposure to chlorine comes form drinking water. The second biggest (and almost a tie) comes from showering in chlorinated water. Third is from swimming in chlorinated pool water. Fourth is from cleaning products. Fifth is from chemicals. These are very easy problems to solve!
1. If your household water is chlorinated get a whole house inline chlorine filter (about $30) Don't trust it to remove 100%. Get a water ionizer for your drinking water!
2. If you cannot get a household inline chlorine filter, get a shower filter that contains KDF medium and is NSF certified!
3. You can use many different non chlorine disinfectants for pools. IE: Pristine, Baquicil, Ozone, ion, etc...
4. Use only non chemical cleaning products!
5. Get as
chemical free as possible!