Guest guest Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 Does anyone have any info on Chloramine ? . . I raed this last alot longer than HICO , and is used in alot of pools . . . Not sure if it can be consumed . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 On 10/14/2009, gtbradford (gtbradford@...) wrote: > Does anyone have any info on Chloramine ? . . I raed this last alot > longer than HICO , and is used in alot of pools . . . Not sure if it > can be consumed . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloramine Assuming you meant hypochlorous acid (HOCl) (not HICO - thats an L, not an I) - 1. with MMS2, you aren't consuming HOCl, you are consuming calcium hypochlorite (info also available at above link), which converts to HOCl once it mixes with the water you drink along with it when taking it, and 2. it is nothing like HOCl, and 3. according to the wiki page, it has a " ... tendency to convert organic materials into chlorocarbons such as chloroform and carbon tetrachloride. Such compounds have been identified as carcinogens... " . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Yes, I've looked into chloramine a little because it is an amine, and my family is sensitive to amines. It's my understanding (though I could be wrong) that some chlorine in the water supply will turn into chloramine, so it will always be there. I didn't think of it as different to filter out than reg chlorine. We installed a whole house filter as well as an additional filter on the kitchen sink, which seems to help a lot. I know it filters out the chlorine, like I said I didn't think of the chloramiine is a separate filtering need. The other thing is that this would be a sign that your son has an amine sensitivity. there are many ways of addressing this, from epsom salt baths, to diet changes, certain enzymes, to methylation support. You could look into the FAILSAFE diet or low-histamine diet. The more I looked into it, the more I was convinced that it comes down to an overgrowth of bad bacteria in the gut, so we instituted the GAPS diet (low histamine version) and it is correcting the underlying problem, so that we can now eat a lot more histamine foods than before. My kids have also gone swimming in a chlorinated pool and not reacted twice now. Here's a link to my blog post about what we did to treat histamine issues around here: http://roosclues.blogspot.com/2009/09/histadelia-and-low-histamine-diet.html -Sierra > > Hello All, > > Has anyone looked into possible chloramine allergies or reactions that may be contributing to our kids issues? > > Chloramine is used as a disinfectant in many municipal water supplies throughout the country. Many municipalities still use chlorine. > > Chloramine is harder to filter out than chlorine. > > We noticed that our son is so much healthier and " with-it " when we travel to either one of his grandparents homes, in Florida and Washington state. Both of their municipalities still use chlorine while our home town in North Carolina uses chloramine. > > We are just now trying to figure out how to filter out chloramine from the water coming into our home. Just wondering if anyone else has looked into this chemical. > > Thanks, > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Sierra, Thanks for the information. I had never hear of amine sensitivity. I will look into that. Chloramine is intentionally added to water supplies in some minicipalities as a replacement to free chlorine for disinfection. This is done because the chloramine molecule is very stable and does not dissipate from the water supply as quickly as free chlorine. So it is probably cheaper for the water treatment facility. Also it is claimed that chloramine produces fewer harmful chemicals when exposed to organic matter that may be in the water supply. I don't know if it is true. The problem with chloramine is it has not been used as long as chlorine and has not really been tested on humans. They say it breaks down quickly in the GI system in humans but what if some people have defficient GI systems. Also, what about the chloramine you absorb through your skin during baths and showers. Chloramine is very toxic to fish. In fact if you use tap water that has been treated with chloramine in fish tanks without taking out the chloramine your fish can die quickly. I still am trying to learn more about the history of chloramine usage and how it might be impacting my son. But there isn't a whole lot of info available. I wonder if chloramine usage started to go up around the country the same time autism started to increase? What I have read about filtration is that carbon can remove chloramine but it takes longer so the water has to be in contact with the carbon for a longer period of time. Thanks for the link to your blog and the info about what you are doing. I will look into it. We have just installed a whole house water filter. We'll see if it helps. Regards, From: purpledragonmama05 <sierra.ansley@...> Subject: Re: Chloramine Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 9:01 PM  Yes, I've looked into chloramine a little because it is an amine, and my family is sensitive to amines. It's my understanding (though I could be wrong) that some chlorine in the water supply will turn into chloramine, so it will always be there. I didn't think of it as different to filter out than reg chlorine. We installed a whole house filter as well as an additional filter on the kitchen sink, which seems to help a lot. I know it filters out the chlorine, like I said I didn't think of the chloramiine is a separate filtering need. The other thing is that this would be a sign that your son has an amine sensitivity. there are many ways of addressing this, from epsom salt baths, to diet changes, certain enzymes, to methylation support. You could look into the FAILSAFE diet or low-histamine diet. The more I looked into it, the more I was convinced that it comes down to an overgrowth of bad bacteria in the gut, so we instituted the GAPS diet (low histamine version) and it is correcting the underlying problem, so that we can now eat a lot more histamine foods than before. My kids have also gone swimming in a chlorinated pool and not reacted twice now. Here's a link to my blog post about what we did to treat histamine issues around here: http://roosclues. blogspot. com/2009/ 09/histadelia- and-low-histamin e-diet.html -Sierra > > Hello All, > > Has anyone looked into possible chloramine allergies or reactions that may be contributing to our kids issues? > > Chloramine is used as a disinfectant in many municipal water supplies throughout the country. Many municipalities still use chlorine. > > Chloramine is harder to filter out than chlorine. > > We noticed that our son is so much healthier and " with-it " when we travel to either one of his grandparents homes, in Florida and Washington state. Both of their municipalities still use chlorine while our home town in North Carolina uses chloramine. > > We are just now trying to figure out how to filter out chloramine from the water coming into our home. Just wondering if anyone else has looked into this chemical. > > Thanks, > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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