Chlorination level of tap water in southern western Norfolk

Hi. I'm wondering - on the days when you particularly notice the chlorine, are any/all of your senses particularly stimulated? And I wonder, do you notice any particular changes in yourself and are starting to associate them with the same days? For my part, I'm going to try and remain conscious of this issue (thank you for raising it) and see if I spot any links.

I always understood that chlorine was routinelyadded to the water supply for exactly the reason you quote - sterility.

I live in the Thames Valley, and I too have noticed this effect in my water supply - there are days when I run water off, even cold for the pet's water bowl (if it's very strong, the cat won't touch it) or my water filter, and I notice the increased smell of chlorine. I think I've always put it down either to 'topping up' day or some minor malfunction. Post diagnosis, I also wonder if it's a day when my smell sense is particularly irked. I'd have no knowledge of, or particular interest in, the real cause. I still need clean water and I only have access to one source.

I stopped eating meat many years ago when my friend, a college trained Stockman, told me that farm animals are routinely fed antibiotics and steroids in their daily feed 'but there's no harm to the meat'.

I figured it's a bit like the controversy over ASD and the MMR jab. No-one is looking anyway, and medicine, whilst it claims to know 'everything about everything' has historicaly held its' contemporary and immutible opinions even to the point of hounding critics to their death, so how do we know the truth?

I can choose what to eat easier than I can choose what water to use, and I want to know that the water I use is safe. Even if I buy bottled, there can be risks (look it up) and, that's an expensive shower!

There are, of course, risks associated with dirty water, with often damaging and fatal results. Whilst it's true that I don't know of the risk to my health posed by chlorine treatment of water, at my current state of knowledge it appears that chlorinated water poses far fewer, if any, health risks than dirty water does, so I'll accept chlorinated.It's even possible that if we think of a non-chemical way to sterilise water on an industrial scale, everybody will be glad to benefit.

The rest I tolerate as best I can, I use soap nuts in my washing, and use Dermol cream for showering. Changed regularly, the water filter makes a big difference to my drinking water, and I think that I can live with what goes on the outside of my body if I'm taking care of the inside, and that's how I deal with it.

Is that any help?

Hi. I'm wondering - on the days when you particularly notice the chlorine, are any/all of your senses particularly stimulated? And I wonder, do you notice any particular changes in yourself and are starting to associate them with the same days? For my part, I'm going to try and remain conscious of this issue (thank you for raising it) and see if I spot any links.

I always understood that chlorine was routinelyadded to the water supply for exactly the reason you quote - sterility.

I live in the Thames Valley, and I too have noticed this effect in my water supply - there are days when I run water off, even cold for the pet's water bowl (if it's very strong, the cat won't touch it) or my water filter, and I notice the increased smell of chlorine. I think I've always put it down either to 'topping up' day or some minor malfunction. Post diagnosis, I also wonder if it's a day when my smell sense is particularly irked. I'd have no knowledge of, or particular interest in, the real cause. I still need clean water and I only have access to one source.

I stopped eating meat many years ago when my friend, a college trained Stockman, told me that farm animals are routinely fed antibiotics and steroids in their daily feed 'but there's no harm to the meat'.

I figured it's a bit like the controversy over ASD and the MMR jab. No-one is looking anyway, and medicine, whilst it claims to know 'everything about everything' has historicaly held its' contemporary and immutible opinions even to the point of hounding critics to their death, so how do we know the truth?

I can choose what to eat easier than I can choose what water to use, and I want to know that the water I use is safe. Even if I buy bottled, there can be risks (look it up) and, that's an expensive shower!

There are, of course, risks associated with dirty water, with often damaging and fatal results. Whilst it's true that I don't know of the risk to my health posed by chlorine treatment of water, at my current state of knowledge it appears that chlorinated water poses far fewer, if any, health risks than dirty water does, so I'll accept chlorinated.It's even possible that if we think of a non-chemical way to sterilise water on an industrial scale, everybody will be glad to benefit.

The rest I tolerate as best I can, I use soap nuts in my washing, and use Dermol cream for showering. Changed regularly, the water filter makes a big difference to my drinking water, and I think that I can live with what goes on the outside of my body if I'm taking care of the inside, and that's how I deal with it.

Is that any help?