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by Jon...AKA...1000 horse dodge on November 5th, 2009
NaOCl or sodium hypochlorite is common bleach. It is used by most water treatment facilities world wide to disinfect water. It has been in use for over 80 years and is said to be completely safe at levels of 5 ppm (parts per million) although some have claimed it may cause a problem from the trace amounts of chloroform found in it, I am unaware of any proof or studies to document the claims.
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thank you - here's the thing i am most wondering about:
in water treatment plants, if there are certain types of organic chemicals (phenols, and i don't know what else) then the chlorine will react with them and produce bad stuff. so i wonder how much of that type of chemical is present in the human body and available to react with the chlorine.
by purplecows on November 7th, 2009
i also have read that NaOCl plus water becomes hypochlorous acid, which is naturally present in the body.
by purplecows on November 7th, 2009