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Wouldn't it be nice to say “Goodbye” to Chlorine in your Shower? Imagine, starting your day with a chlorine-free shower, refreshing – rejuvenating and invigorating without chemical smells, burning eyes and itchy skin.

When we think of the importance of water filters in our homes, we immediately think of filters for our drinking water. However, it is important to understand that shower water also contains chemicals that can be equally detrimental to our health.

We consume it, we bathe in it, over half of our body weight is made of it, and without it, we simply cannot survive. But how can we be certain that the water we are putting into our bodies is as natural and pure as we assume it to be?

Chlorine is a necessary element in our water systems as it keeps bacteria from developing. However, studies have shown that hot showers often cause chlorine to be inhaled and absorbed through the skin pores. When inside the human body, chlorine can cause some problematic side effects, such as rashes, allergies and respiratory problems.

The digital age of showering has arrived! In today's fast pace of multi-tasking where it appears that we are doing numerous things simultaneously to save time, energy and money and “try to get it all done,” why not include your morning shower into the mix?

Many people are taking notice of the benefits of using a water filter system for their drinking water. They immediately notice that the taste of the water is cleaner because chemicals are filtered out of the water. Having clean water is easily achieved by a water filter, refrigerator water filter or whole house water filter.

You may have heard proposed health benefits about the treatment of fluoride in water, but even if those benefits were legit, what about the risks?

Do you have dry skin and hair that gets worse in the winter? Have you tried moisturizers, lotions and humidifiers but get little relief?

Welcome to our online store! Our team is proud to announce that we're now open for business, and we look forward to serving you all in the future. If you have any questions about this store or the products found within, please don't hesitate to contact us any time. Our website has been carefully designed to provide you with an amazingly flexible online shopping experience, and its ease of navigation is something we think you'll grow to depend on and appreciate. Feel free to browse our entire product catalog, and let us know if you have any questions, comments or concerns about the items housed within. Our team is always ready and willing to assist our customers, and we are happy for your visit.

WATCH THESE VIDEOS and you will see for yourself how easy it is to install a shower filter. Whether you purchase a stationary or hand-held model filter, you can do it in minutes;the only tool you may need is a pair of pliers.

Filtering your drinking water “on the go” or “for the go” is a lot easier than you may think. We are all quite busy these days with jobs, school, appointments, kid's activities and a plethora of other things that keep us occupied and often distracted from the one thing that matters most in our life, and that’s our health and the health of our family.

Since 1992, Shower Filter Store has been on the cutting edge of shower filtration, vigilant in a search to continually offer its customers the best of what a filtered shower can offer; from effectiveness and design to function and spray options. Our newest filtered shower discovery is called OMICA. It effectively removes not only chlorine and traces of heavy metals but also removes Fluoride and VOCs, volatile organic compounds such as herbicides and pesticides.

Unfiltered tap water doesn't always taste so great. So when we buy bottled water, we expect to get a cool, refreshing, clean, safe drinking alternative. Bottled water is a $100 Billion a year industry and over half of Americans drink it (1). Use of bottled water is skyrocketing globally, with America leading the pack. Americans drank 9 billion gallons of bottled water in 2008 (1). The labels are pretty, the bottles look nice and make the water look pure, and it’s convenient. But what do we really know about bottled water?

Medical ethics is a field of study that has evolved a great deal over history. Medical ethics is the “system of moral principles that apply values and judgments to the practice of medicine” (1). In the not so distant past, unwitting people were regularly used as research experiments, even as recently as the notorious Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment that extended over four decades from the 1930s to the 1970s in which the effects of untreated syphilis on black men in Tuskegee, Alabama were studied without their informed consent.

There are numerous different chlorine removal shower filter models; some come with a shower head that incorporates the chlorine filter. You can simply turn a dial and adjust the spray setting as well as the spray direction. Many people prefer such shower heads that have an adjustable 3-8 way sprays.

Every month we find more evidence supporting the importance of removing chlorine from the shower.  The following is an excerpt from some of the best documented information that ShowerFilterStore.com has found in 10 years on the subject of chlorinated water in the shower.

How do copper-zinc shower filters remove chlorine from water? This fortuitous, accidental discovery is what makes hot water filtration possible for the shower filters we offer. Copper and zinc are two rather dissimilar metals that, when combined, can produce modern-day alchemy in everyday life.

Shower filters may seem like something you could live without, but often many important things are hidden in the smallest of details. One of the main purposes of the filters is to remove as much of the chlorine used to disinfect water as possible. Together with other disinfecting agents, chlorine can be dangerous to our organisms even if it is not ingested.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Drinking, bathing or swimming in chlorinated water may increase the risk of bladder cancer, a new study shows.The findings are the first to suggest that these chemicals can be harmful when they are inhaled or absorbed through the skin, as well as when they are ingested, Dr. Cristina M. Villanueva of the Municipal Institute of Medical Research in Barcelona, and colleagues note.

Taking a shower seems harmless in most cases. But there are hidden things happening during your morning shower, things you need to be aware of. Chlorine, radon and other waterborne gases are harming your skin affecting your blood streams when they reach that level. Due to hot water, the skin pores open, letting in all these chemicals that are absorbed in your body causing not only beauty related issues, but even health ones.

The Role of Skin Absorption as a Route of Exposure for Volatile Organic Compounds
American Journal of Public Health, 1984, 74:479-484

ORP stands for Oxidation Reduction Potential (also known as "Redox").

Most people regard a hot shower or bath as one of life’s little pleasures. However, what many don’t regard is the danger of chlorine in the water. Although chlorine is universally used to disinfect water, it is not safe for drinking, showering or bathing.