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Can You Smell Chlorine in your Affinity Water?
My girlfriend's water is supplied by Affinity Water. When we turn on the tap we can smell Chlorine - strong chlorine. If you are experiencing the same thing please log the fact on Trust Pilot and spread the word - plus - make an official complaint in writing to Affinity and to their regulator! Affinity have made many claims, and in my opinion, have told many lies. They increased the level of chlorine but didn't tell anyone because (as they claim) they didn't wish to worry anyone. According to numerous sources chlorine poisoning can cause symptoms throughout your body. Respiratory symptoms include coughing, difficulty breathing, and fluid inside the lungs. Digestive system symptoms include: burning in the mouth swelling of the throat throat pain stomach pain vomiting blood in the stools Chlorine exposure can damage your circulatory system. Symptoms of this problem can include: changes in the pH balance of your blood low blood pressure serious injury to the eyes, including blurry vision, burning, irritation, and in extreme cases vision loss skin damage, resulting from tissue injury with burns and irritation In the 1970s scientists discovered that when chlorine is added to water, it forms Trihalomethanes (THMs), one of which is chloroform. THMs increase the production of free radicals in the body and are highly carcinogenic (cancer causing). “Cancer risk among people using chlorinated water is as much as 93 percent higher than among those whose water does not contain chlorine,” according to the U.S. Council of Environmental Quality. According to the BreastCancerFund.org,“One common factor among women with breast cancer is that they all have 50 to 60 percent higher levels of these chlorination by-products (THMs) in their fat tissue than women without breast cancer . . .” "Long-term drinking of chlorinated water appears to increase a person's risk of developing bladder cancer as much as 80 percent,”as documented in a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Some 45,000 Americans are diagnosed every year with bladder cancer. "The drinking of chlorinated water has finally been officially linked to an increased incidence of colon cancer. An epidemiologist at Oak Ridge Associated Universities completed a study of colon cancer victims and non-cancer patients and concluded that the drinking of chlorinated water for 15 years or more was conducive to a high rate of colon cancer," according to Health Freedom News, January/February 1987. Chlorine was used in its gaseous form as a chemical poison weapon during WWI. At room temperature chlorine turns into a gas that is easily inhaled so every time you smell that distinct chlorine smell press the panic button! Affinity Water claim that chlorine is harmless - complete liars! Is this simply a case of incompetent staff or negligent and ignorant buffoons? Ignorance can amount to fraud and these guys appear to be wilfully misleading people and concealing the facts! Staff refuse to place their claims in writing!! No surprise there then. Now here's the funny thing - Affinity called out to test the chlorine levels and having declared their own standards measured above their own maximum! haha - jokers! Then they sent a letter out claiming everything was okay on plain paper (not letter head) unsigned! With my assistance my girlfriend will only pay for sewage as Affinity water is only fit for flushing faeces. It is not fit to drink. Staff also claimed they had received no other complaints which is really strange because according to a news report they've received more than 150 about chlorine in the water! Again - Affinity caught lying! Enjoy your cancer everyone - drink Affinity Water!