Re: Pool Chlorine vs. MMS Chlorine?

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Hello Jim,

When chlorine is added to water it forms hypochlorous acid. This is what is

used to purify water.

Chlorine oxidizes and chlorinates. The oxidation is simply an exchange of

electrons, however during chlorination the chlorine reacts with the material in

the water and becomes part of it on a molecular level. This forms by products

that they are now realizing cause cancer.

In water treatment the water is pre-filtered to remove as much of the material

in the water as they can, then it is disinfected. The pre-treatment allows for

minimizing the amount of chlorine used and PH balancing. I believe they target

5 PPM available chlorine as an average concentration.

By minimizing the amount of chlorine used, they minimize the amount of

disinfection by products formed.

In a swimming pool things are a little different. The PH is monitored and

balanced. The water is filtered to remove the " big chunks " but not to the

extend used in water treatment. This allows more material to be left in the

water for the chlorine to react with. This also means that you need to use

higher concentrations of chlorine to keep things under control. At times you

need to shock the pool water to bring things back into balance.

Higher concentrations of chlorine mean more exposure to chlorine gas and

chlorine disinfection by products. Both are harmful to the body. The idea here

is that limited exposure will result in minimal damage to the body. Since you

aren't drinking this water, they only review the safety of dermal and gas

exposure.

Pool shock (MMS2) is 600000 - 750000 PPM available chlorine. Contrast this with

the 5 PPM used in water treatment. The stomach and colon are " unfiltered " so

there is lots of material for the chlorine to react with and large amounts of

disinfection by products will be formed. In addition the chlorine gas released

during disinfection can make its way to the lungs causing respiratory distress.

This may be why they put a warning label on the pool shock container...

Chlorine dioxide also forms disinfection by products. In water treatment

chlorine dioxide is used at about 2 PPM after the water has been pre treated and

filtered. This limits the amount of by products formed. Chlorite is the by

product formed and chlorite levels are monitored in water treatment. About 70%

of the chlorine dioxide turns into chlorite with the rest forming chloride and a

small amount of chlorate. The limit for chlorite in drinking water is 1 PPM.

Contrast the 2 PPM concentration used in water treatment with a 3 drop dose of

MMS which has a concentration of 190 PPM.

Chlorine dioxide and chlorite are not cancer causing, but at higher

concentrations (somewhere above 5 PPM) it damages blood cells and mucous linings

(biofilms). Chlorine dioxide also is a respiratory irritant.

Given a choice, I would rather swim in a pool that is disinfected using chlorine

dioxide, however, if you detect the odor of either chlorine or chlorine dioxide

the concentrations are too high and you should limit your swim time.

Tom

--- In , Jim Boreth <jboreth@...>

wrote:

>

> I found the following article here:

> http://www.naturalnews.com/030622_chlorine_cancer.html

>

> Does anyone know if this situation is possible with MMS1 or 2?

>

> Thanks!

>

> Jim

>

> Swimming in chlorinated pools increases your risk of cancer

>

> Sunday, December 05, 2010 by: Gutierrez, staff writer

>

> (NaturalNews) Going for a swim may increase your risk of cancer if you use a

> chlorinated pool, according to a series of studies conducted by researchers

> from the Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology in Barcelona,

> Spain, and published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.

>

> " Parents send their children to pools because they want to do something good

> for them, " said toxicologist Alfred Bernard of the Catholic University of

> Louvain in Brussels, Belgium, who was not involved in the study. " But we

> actually don't know the long-term effects. "

>

> Prior studies have raised concerns that chlorine in pools can react

> chemically with sweat, skin cells and other organic material to produce

> chemicals linked with asthma and bladder cancer. In one of the new studies,

> researchers analyzed water from a public swimming pool and identified more

> than 100 such byproducts, including many toxins.

>

> The researchers then tested the blood, urine and breath of 50 healthy adults

> both before and after they swam laps for 40 minutes. They found an increase

> in a marker for respiratory distress, suggesting a decreased resistance of

> the lung lining to foreign substances. They also found a sevenfold increase

> in several markers of DNA damage that have been associated with cancer risk.

>

> Chlorine is a known toxic chemical, and health advocates have been raising

> concerns about its use in pools for a long time.

>

> " Chlorine causes scarring of the arteries, " write Gianni and Annmarie

> Colameo in their book The Busy Person's Fitness Solution.

>

> " When the arteries scar, cholesterol now has something to attach itself to, "

> they write. " This is what clogs arteries. So basically tap water, pools, and

> hot tubs help you clog your arteries. "

>

> " We have good evidence that you have to be careful with these chemicals, "

> Bernard said. " Maybe chlorine is not the best choice for disinfecting

> swimming pools. "

>

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