Wednesday 26 June 2013
BBC Horizon : the next step ?
There needs to be an open debate on whether we should use an alternative to chlorine for domestic water supplies and swimming pools in the UK. I feel a programme like BBC's Horizon could offer a balanced discussion seeking the opinions from a wide range of experts such as : 1.Clinicians who have published studies looking at the effect of chlorine on health such as bowel/bladder cancer, asthma.
2.Toxicologist with a special interest in the effect of chlorine on human cells
3.Research pathologists with a special interest in environmental carcinogens.
4.Residents who have switched from Chlorination to Ozonation of domestic water supplies - have they noticed any changes to their health/ water quality. Do we have enough data yet to compare disease rates in areas with ozonation compared to chlorination?
5. A water company regarding the efficacy, cost, and difficulty of switching to ozone.
6. Epidemiologist with an interest in environmental carcinogens : It would be interesting to see a world map of asthma v chlorine use. Unfortunately there are many infectious causes of bowel and bladder cancer that might occur in un-chlorinated water eg.schistosomiasis in Africa which might give confusing results such as the study in India (see list of links)
7. Public health clinician : Are there any practical messages that should be delivered to the public ? Should we be boiling drinking water, or using water filters ? How effective are water filters ?
8. An expert on THM's and other carcinogenic compounds. Is the World Health Organization correct to give a safe concentration for chlorine in drinking water. Assuming levels just below the safe level, what volume of drinking water is considered 'safe' to consume on a daily basis.
9. Expert on bowel flora, and the cleanliness hypothesis with skewing to an allergic type of immune system with reduced exposure to bacteria.
There also needs to be more research done, and the potential risks taken more seriously until answers are known. It will be important to deliver any messages in a way to prevent any panic. We do not want people to drink less water, and become dehydrated. However, one of the government's active health messages is to drink frequent glasses of water. Perhaps the type of water should added to the same public health campaign message.
10. Measurement of levels of Chlorine and THMs etc in drinking water in the UK , India etc. Does a hot climate eg.India, help protect from the adverse effects of chlorine by leading to more rapid evaporation, whilst requiring chlorination more to protect from infectious diseases. Do ordinary water filters remove THMs ?
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On medical matters, BBC's Horizon programme is anything other than 'balanced', just propaganda.Unfortunately medical science cannot be described as such and was hijacked by the Rockefeller corporation in the 1910s and 20s. Doctors who prescribed natural remedies were branded quacks and only physicians who prescribed petrochemical drugs could remain or become MDs. The chemical-pharmaceutical-medical combine is only interested in making money, at any cost, they control our medical system. All medical matters must be approved by national and local health authorities, who follow the WHO, CDC, FDA, WDF, AMA, IMO etc. guidelines, who in turn do whatever the combine wants, brilliant from their point of view - total control. The combine decide what medical information can and cannot be published / broadcast in mainstream media, they now so effectively manage the media that they even approve the plot lines in TV soaps. You will never view or listen to a proper debate on health care or specific medical matters such as chemotherapy, chlorination, fluoridation, radiotherapy, vaccinations or vivisection. Excellent video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3LUD53q_Pg
ReplyDeletePerhaps that might explain why my attempts to contact Horizon have received no replies.
DeleteSorry for not replying sooner. I hadn't realised the ability to add comments to this blog had been set to 'off', and have only just seen your comment.
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