The symptoms of too much chlorine are blurry vision, redness of the eyes and skin, burning of the eyes and skin, eye irritation, skin irritation such as a rash or burning sensation, wheezing and coughing and other respiratory issues.
Too much chlorine in drinking water can upset your stomach and may cause stomach pain, abdominal pain, abdominal cramping, possible vomiting and possible diarrhea and burning of the mouth and tongue.
Too much chlorine can cause eye and skin irritation, chlorine gas poisoning, respiratory problems and burning of the eyes and skin.
Too much chlorine in drinking water can cause kidney damage, respiratory problems, liver disease, bladder cancer, colon cancer, kidney failure and much more.
Drinking chlorinated water doesn't hurt you immediately although it can have long term health effects.
You can remove chlorine and chloride from drinking water through reverse osmosis or by boiling the water for 15 to 20 minutes or using a carbon filter.
Boiling the water for 15 to 20 minutes will allow the chloride as well as chlorine to evaporate from the water.
The reverse osmosis or a carbon filter will also filter out the chloride and chlorine from the water.
Drinking water often contains chloride which is related to chlorine as chlorine is used in disinfecting water and chloride results from the chlorine.
The amounts of chloride in drinking water are not harmful to human health although high levels of chloride can make the water taste salty and can indicate high sodium levels and other water quality issues.
Chloride is not the same as chlorine in drinking water although they both are related.
Chloride is a negatively charged ion of chlorine and is also a common compound that is found in drinking water in the form of sodium chloride also known as table salt.
Chlorine is a element which is added to the water for disinfecting purposes.
Chlorine is also a greenish yellow diatomic gas and is highly reactive and a powerful oxidizing agent and is used in water treatment for disinfection and is almost never found free in nature and is mostly commercially produced.
Chloride is the negatively charged ionic of chlorine and is formed when chlorine gains an electron and combines with other elements.
Chloride is a common compound in nature like in sodium chloride or table salt and is an electrolyte that plays a role in nerve function and hydration.
The amount of chlorine that is in tap water is between 0.5 to 2.0 parts per million or milligrams per liter although it can vary depending on the treatment plant location and the distance from the treatment plant to the user.
Most municipal potable water supplies are often chlorinated to provide a residual concentration of 0.5 to 2.0 ppm of chlorine.
The amount of chlorine that is too much in drinking water is any amount of chlorine over 4 milligrams per liter or over 4 parts per million.
Chlorine is added to drinking water to kill off harmful bacteria and viruses and is considered safe up to levels of 4 mg/L but anything over 4 mg/L is considered unsafe for human consumption.
The problem with chlorine in drinking water is that it can potentially lead to health issues in some people who drink it and can lead to kidney failure, bladder cancer, colon cancer etc.
While chlorine is said to be safe for human consumption, the chlorine can actually cause health issues in people overtime and although it kills harmful bacteria in the water that can make you sick, the chlorine also causes issues with the body.
You can get sick from chlorine water but it often takes years to become sick or have other health problems from drinking the chlorine water.
Drinking chlorine water is safe in the short term but it can cause health issues including bladder cancer, colon cancer, kidney failure, acute kidney injury, liver failure and other health issues and not everyone is affected the same way and some people never get sick from it and others do.
If your stomach is hurting when drinking chlorinated water then it's likely causing health issues with your body and you should avoid drinking it.
We started adding chlorine to drinking water in 1908 in the United States.
Jersey City, New Jersey actually became the first city in the United States to implement large scale chlorination of their drinking water supply which was led by Dr. John L Leal, to combat outbreaks of dysentery and typhoid fever.
And in 1908 George A. Johnson in Chicago, IL, also instituted chlorination by adding chloride of lime to contaminated river water.
And by the 1920s thousands of cities worldwide began using chlorine disinfectants to treat drinking water which lead to a dramatic reduction in waterborne diseases such as cholera and typhoid fever.
In 1917 Chlorination of drinking water began in Canada.
Chlorine does kill off bad things in water that can make you sick but the consumption of the chlorinated water itself can cause illnesses overtime as well.
Chlorine does affect your kidneys and can lead to acute kidney injury, kidney disease and kidney failure over time.
Chlorine Dioxide and it's Metabolites which are also other disinfectants can metabolize into chlorite and chlorate and are strong oxidizing agents which can lead to kidney problems and kidney failure.
In some cases cute kidney injury as a result of chlorine dioxide poisoning can be reversible but not always.
Chlorine dioxide poisoning or exposure to it's metabolites can also lead to acute kidney injury, including acute tubular necrosis and interstitial nephritis.
It's best to filter out the chlorine from your water before drinking it.
It is considered safe to drink chlorine in tap water as it's considered to be at low enough levels to make it safe for human consumption.
However in reality even the small amounts of chlorine in the tap water can cause health issues in some people over time.
Over time the chlorine in the tap water can cause kidney failure, kidney disease, colon cancer, liver failure, bladder cancer and other health effects.
Chlorine corrodes and eats away at brass and even copper piping and fittings over time so you can imagine what that same chlorine is doing inside your body.
You can filter out the chlorine which is what I would do because even though it's said to be safe it really is not and chlorine can also be absorbed into your body as well by showering or bathing or swimming in chlorine.
It is better to drink filtered tap water instead of bottled water as filtered tap water is much cheaper and also better for the environment as well.
Tap water without the chlorine and fluoride is just as healthy for you as bottled water is and if you can get well water that is even better for your health than any bottled water or city water would be.
The chlorine in city tap water can be bad for your health overtime and could cause bladder infections, kidney disease, kidney problems, colon cancer etc.
However you can filter out that chlorine before drinking the tap water from the city and it will be just as healthy as bottled water but can lack the nutrients of well water.
I have well water where I'm at and drink it all the time and it tastes better than bottled water and city water and unlike city water that causes my stomach to hurt, the well water doesn't cause any stomach problems for me.