What the best kind of shower filter to use?

Posted on September 26th, 2008 by admin
Posted on September 26th, 2008 by admin

I heard that chlorine is toxic on our skin and I was wondering if there was a not so expensive shower filter that really gets out 100% of the chlorine?

You can get a inexpensive shower filter that will remove the majority of chlorine (95%+). I'm using a "paragon water shower filter" (I bought at Menards, you can read about at http://www.paragonwater.com/Par.html). Not necessarily the best (I haven't tried any others), but it's cheap and works. I've heard if your water is particularly dirty/hard it can clog up quickly, but I've had no problems.

If you really need 100% chlorine elimination (or as close as possible), you might want to look into a vitamin c based shower filter. I came across this while researching into which filter to buy. The vitamin c in the filter neutralizes the chlorine into supposedly harmless compounds (I dunno the truth of that). You can read about this at http://www.todayshealthyhome.com/vitashower_shower_filter.htm I don't endorse this type of filter/brand/website (since I've never tried it), but though it would be worth mentioning for your own research purposes. Good luck.

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