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May. 21st, 2010 04:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
winterbadgerWell, now I have a pretty good idea why this week my skin started itching and I started getting little isolated rashes all over, especially on my back.
Chloramine.
Just last week, the local water company switched from chlorine-only to chloramine as a decon agent. They do this every year, apparently. Thsi would explain why, every year, I start having skin problems.
Discussion on EnviroBlog about serious problems caused by chloramine, not only by itself but in combination with lead pipes, a common remainder from older days in the DC area.
As a circular from a subdivision of the American Chemistry Council says, "Chloramines cause obnoxious odors as well as skin, eye, and respiratory irritation."
As another piece from the American Chemistry Council details, chloramines can be created by accident when swimmers enter chlorinated water without cleaning off their skin first. So, if they're bad to have in pools, aren't they bad to have in our baths and showers?
I guess the only thing I can do is hope that one day I have my own house again and can put in a chloramine scrubber...
Chloramine.
Just last week, the local water company switched from chlorine-only to chloramine as a decon agent. They do this every year, apparently. Thsi would explain why, every year, I start having skin problems.
Discussion on EnviroBlog about serious problems caused by chloramine, not only by itself but in combination with lead pipes, a common remainder from older days in the DC area.
As a circular from a subdivision of the American Chemistry Council says, "Chloramines cause obnoxious odors as well as skin, eye, and respiratory irritation."
As another piece from the American Chemistry Council details, chloramines can be created by accident when swimmers enter chlorinated water without cleaning off their skin first. So, if they're bad to have in pools, aren't they bad to have in our baths and showers?
I guess the only thing I can do is hope that one day I have my own house again and can put in a chloramine scrubber...
