15 Aug 2005 - Cancer fighting nutrients become deadly when combined with chlorinated tap water
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Cancer fighting nutrients become deadly when combined with chlorinated tap
water
Some of nature's most valuable and essential anti-cancer and anti-disease
phytochemical nutrients which are commonly found in food have been
discovered to form deadly cancer causing substances when consumed or
combined with chlorinated tap water. This discovery includes familiar foods
including soy, fruits, vegetables, tea, many health products, and even some
vitamins. Research has proven that these essential nutrients are the exact
same families of compounds, that even in infinitesimal amounts have been
tormenting the water treatment and chlorine industries for years.
Recently, a joint study was undertaken in Japan by research scientists at
the National Institute of Health Sciences and Shizuoka Prefectural
University. They determined that natural organic substances originating from
foods, including fruits, soy, and green or black tea, react when tap water
is chlorinated, forming dangerous cancer causing compounds. These deadly
compounds have been named MX, which stands for "unknown mutagen", and are
similar to the already well-known and more easily detected cancer causing
THMs (trihalomethanes).
The Japanese scientists specifically mentioned that their studies showed
that MX is created by the reaction of chlorine with natural organic plant
phytochemicals such as catechins, which are contained in tea, and flavonoids
which are found in fruit. Since Japan has an extremely high consumption of
tea, fruits, and soy products, it is easy to see how high amounts of
residues from these foods would end up in their wastewater treatment and
water recycling systems.
Earlier studies by scientists in Finland in 1997 determined that MX is 170
times more deadly than other known toxic byproducts of chlorination, and was
shown in laboratory studies to damage the thyroid gland as well as cause
cancerous tumors...
http://www.lostartsmedia.com/thingspeopleshouldknow2.html
Cancer fighting nutrients become deadly when combined with chlorinated tap
water
Some of nature's most valuable and essential anti-cancer and anti-disease
phytochemical nutrients which are commonly found in food have been
discovered to form deadly cancer causing substances when consumed or
combined with chlorinated tap water. This discovery includes familiar foods
including soy, fruits, vegetables, tea, many health products, and even some
vitamins. Research has proven that these essential nutrients are the exact
same families of compounds, that even in infinitesimal amounts have been
tormenting the water treatment and chlorine industries for years.
Recently, a joint study was undertaken in Japan by research scientists at
the National Institute of Health Sciences and Shizuoka Prefectural
University. They determined that natural organic substances originating from
foods, including fruits, soy, and green or black tea, react when tap water
is chlorinated, forming dangerous cancer causing compounds. These deadly
compounds have been named MX, which stands for "unknown mutagen", and are
similar to the already well-known and more easily detected cancer causing
THMs (trihalomethanes).
The Japanese scientists specifically mentioned that their studies showed
that MX is created by the reaction of chlorine with natural organic plant
phytochemicals such as catechins, which are contained in tea, and flavonoids
which are found in fruit. Since Japan has an extremely high consumption of
tea, fruits, and soy products, it is easy to see how high amounts of
residues from these foods would end up in their wastewater treatment and
water recycling systems.
Earlier studies by scientists in Finland in 1997 determined that MX is 170
times more deadly than other known toxic byproducts of chlorination, and was
shown in laboratory studies to damage the thyroid gland as well as cause
cancerous tumors...