Has anyone else heard of this?

[Espeegee]

instagram.com/reel/C5G2TObx...

Can you really absorb chlorine to such a detrimental effect? I've had a shower filter for years but I gave up a year or so ago because I couldn't get the head off to change it. I'm going to have to try harder I think!

[Beads]

Leave water out in an unsealed pot, the chlorine evaporates out. We make chlorine water at work, bubbling chlorine through water to make a yellow coloured solution. Each time we need it we need to make it fresh as the chlorine will evaporate from a stoppered bottle.

Looking at the video, it jumps quite frequently, it’s been edited heavily, they could have swapped out a strip, swapped the jar of water, taped over a whole load of changes, time, jars, strips etc.

I go swimming, I submerge my whole body in water (a much greater surface area than a few fingers), for a much longer time than a few seconds, in water that has a much higher concentration of chlorine than our shower water, that we’re also drinking. If we absorbed the chlorine from the pool they’d be topping it up after everyone finished swimming. And if we did absorb it, if it was detrimental to our health/thyroids (which absorb iodine, which is a halogen, but so is fluorine which is put in toothpaste) then swimming pools would have been banned years ago. If it was just detrimental to those of us with thyroid issues, again it wouldn’t be news now, we’d have known about it for years.

[Espeegee in reply to Beads]

poolonomics.com/how-often-a... this suggests a daily top up is likely? It may well depend on how many swimmers there are. If you're not concerned then that's ok, I certainly can't store water for my shower as it's direct from the mains so I'll stick with the filter, the smell is enough to make me gag.

[gabkad in reply to Espeegee]

Chlorine evaporates from swimming pools. It is tested daily and topped up when levels go down. If you use an indoor pool, the smell of chlorinee is not only in the room with the pool but also in the change rooms and hallway. It is very volatile. Outdoor pools are even more susceptible to volatility due to exposure to sunlight.

The problem with chlorine is does dissolve protein so the skin dries and the hair gets adversely affected. While swimming, chlorine is breathed in and can cause asthmatic type reactions in those susceptible to it. Depends. The level of chlorination must be done accurately, hence the testing.

My daughters worked at the YMCA and if a kid takes a poo in the water, everyone has to get out, the poo is removed and the pool is chlorinated with extra so nobody can go back in for several hours. This is done with any sort of 'pool fouling' as it's called. Like vomit.

Iodine and fluorine also evaporate. You can smell the iodine in iodized salt because some of it evaporates. There were tests done on different types of containers for iodized salt and plastic ones are the best. If not used, after a few months in a cardboard box, the amount of iodine left in salt is low.

[Obsdian]

You can absorb anything you put on your skin.

[gabkad in reply to Obsdian]

Actually, not true. Water will penetrate the skin but won't go further. That's why skin on fingers gets 'pruny'. It's expanded from the water.

I'm sure if you do some searching on the internet you will find out what does get absorbed and what does not.