CHLORINE AND BLADDER CANCER
Date: 05/20/2011
Swimming is among the most
beneficial sports, but according to a team of researchers from the
Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology of Castilla La
Mancha (Spain) swimming in water disinfected with chlorine too
often may expose to the risk of cancers, especially bladder
cancer.
In the journal "BioMed Central", Gem-Castaqo Vinyals and his team explained that the fault is of some substances present in this type of swimming pools, called the trihalomethanes: the regulars of the tanks, but also those who carry out even simple bath or shower with water chlorine, have a better chance to absorb these components in your body through the skin.
The audit was conducted by studying 1,270 people: the people who has taken the habit of drinking only bottled water to avoid the risks of drinking water right associated with trihalomethanes. It was found that all of the benefits resulting from this habit will be canceled if you attended a swimming pool. "People think they can undo the risk of cancer by drinking only bottled water - says Castaqo-Vinyals - and by exercising in the pool. But in reality the effect is canceled. "Nothing scares, however: experts emphasize that the risk of cancer remains low.
In the journal "BioMed Central", Gem-Castaqo Vinyals and his team explained that the fault is of some substances present in this type of swimming pools, called the trihalomethanes: the regulars of the tanks, but also those who carry out even simple bath or shower with water chlorine, have a better chance to absorb these components in your body through the skin.
The audit was conducted by studying 1,270 people: the people who has taken the habit of drinking only bottled water to avoid the risks of drinking water right associated with trihalomethanes. It was found that all of the benefits resulting from this habit will be canceled if you attended a swimming pool. "People think they can undo the risk of cancer by drinking only bottled water - says Castaqo-Vinyals - and by exercising in the pool. But in reality the effect is canceled. "Nothing scares, however: experts emphasize that the risk of cancer remains low.
