Are shower filters really as important as drinking water filters?
In our opinion, they are more important! During a 10-minute shower, your body will absorb 10 to 50 times the level of waterborne chemicals that it would from drinking a glass of the same water. During a warm shower, the pores of our skin open up and absorb chlorine and other chemicals at an accelerated rate. Even worse, the steam you inhale is far more contaminated than the water itself, due to the fact that synthetic chemicals, including chlorine, vaporize much more rapidly than water. While over 98% of the water that comes out of your showerhead goes down the drain, almost all of the chemicals vaporize into the air you breathe before the water hits the ground, making the steam more concentrated with chemicals. Also, inhaled chemicals go directly from the lungs into the blood stream and have magnified adverse effects. But, if the only benefits related to shower filters were cosmetic, we would still recommend them as vital products. Showering in purified water offers amazing benefits f
