Chlorinated water, which is considered quite safe, hides a serious threat to our health as it has been found increasing the risk of bladder cancer. Unveiling the reason behind this, researchers observed that chlorine produce by-products that have highly been linked to increased cancer risk. Before summing up these findings, researchers matched 1,219 men and women with bladder cancer to 1,271 control individuals who did not have the disease and concluded that people with bladder cancer had been more exposed to chlorinated water than those who were without bladder cancer. Interestingly, just drinking chlorinated water was not linked to higher vulnerability to bladder cancer but even bathing was associated with it.
Actually, this is not the first time that any study has come out exposing side-effects of chlorinated water but several studies conducted earlier has also proclaimed the same thing. Still, it could be asserted that this study will definitely obfuscate people as chlorine is commonly used to disinfect water all round the world.
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Via: Yahoo