- Product Description
Your Shower Needs This Filter!
Taking a shower is one of life’s relaxing pleasures.
But, in America, most shower water has chlorine, which you breathe in and your skin absorbs when you shower.
Chlorine ages you unnecessarily – and has some serious health risks, like harming your brain and contributing to cancer!
Why Is Chlorine in Shower Water?
To kill parasites and bacteria, most U.S. governments add disturbing chemical agents, like chlorine, to the water supply.
Chlorine began to be used in U.S. water systems in the early 1900s because it killed salmonella bacteria. And almost all governments today continue to use it.
In a hot shower, chlorine gas is released from water and easily breathed in and absorbed through your skin. The longer you shower, the greater the intensity of the gas.
In fact, you absorb far more chlorine in your skin than you could drink in a day!
A 10-minute shower is equivalent to drinking two liters of chlorinated water, according to research published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.
How Does Chlorine in Shower Water Harm Your Health?
Exposure to low levels of chlorine can cause mild side effects, like skin irritation, nausea, trouble breathing, and coughing.
And, over time, higher levels of chlorine can cause increasingly serious side effects, like heart failure or pulmonary edema (fluid in the lungs).
7 potential health risks from the chlorine in your shower water:
- Chlorine in shower water ages your skin, potentially causing dry skin, wrinkles, fine lines, and sagging.
- Chlorine in shower water also harms your hair, causing dry hair and any color to wash out.
- Chlorine is an endocrine-disrupting toxin, so it may disrupt your hormones.
- Breathing in chlorine harms your lungs.
- Chlorine by-products created in the shower may contribute to cancer.
- Chlorine is intended to kill bacteria, so it may disrupt the good bacteria in your gut and harm your gut health.
- The chlorine in your shower water can destroy the brain-healthy, essential omega-3s in your body, potentially impacting your brain.
I Recommend the Berkey Shower Filter for All the Showers in Your Home
If you and your family love long, hot showers, you need to take steps to protect your skin, your hair, and your health!
Because now that you know, your shower isn’t going to be as relaxing, is it?
If you don’t already have a whole-home filter that removes chlorine, adding a shower filter is an easy step you can take to protect your health.
I recommend the Berkey Shower Filter. Because it’s affordable, easy to install, and it works!
People Love the Berkey Shower Filter
Softer Skin & Healthier Hair
“I had low expectations for this, but … I was blown away by how much easier it was to breathe when I walked in my first filtered shower!
I am also happy to see my hopes for softer skin and bouncier hair come true… this thing is the best! I haven’t seen my hair look and feel like this since 2010, your water needs this!” – Kristen S.
No More Dry Skin
“From the first day that I used the Berkey Shower Filter, I noticed the difference in the water. Usually, when I get out of the shower, the water leaves my skin dry. Not this time. I would definitely recommend anyone who is looking to get a shower filter to get this one.” – Greg
Easy to Install
“Easy to install. Fantastic spray pattern. Adjustable swivel head that moves easily and stays where you place it.” – Carolyn Z.
Chlorine in shower water is a serious health risk. But, thankfully, protecting yourself and your family is easy!
