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I ask the question of my daughter-in-law who has a PHd in water engineering. I also sent her the link to the main research article for her feedback.

She replied that her labmates at UNC Chapel Hill studied this exact topic and has forwared the article to them for feedback.

The reason gor my concern is that my municipal water has chloramines. I’ve known this for 12 years as chloramines do not leave by boiling water for brewing beer and spoil the beer. You cannot filter them out except with very expensive filters. I use a reverse osmosis filter and sometimes carbon filter it.

Tomorrow, I am headed to the oncologist and surgeon as I have colon cancer for the second time in 12 years. Just got the biopsy and pet scan results and its malignant.

First time was left side descending colon, same as the article. This time it’s colon cancer in my left lung, a two inch mass!

I’m going to take the article along to my oncologist appointment tomorrow at Duke University Cancer Center.

Thank you Conservative Mind for this, and all the articles you post.

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I googled this topic again and found sevrral results. I don’t trust them all as thru are made by companies promoting products.”

1. “UV light is an extremely effective method of removing both chlorine and chloramine from water. It uses ultraviolet light to break down these chemicals, does not affect water taste, and performs the extermination in only a few minutes.”

2. “Chloramines are best removed from water by catalytic carbon filtration. Catalytic carbon, activated carbon with an enhanced capacity for contaminant removal, is one of the few filtration media that can successfully reduce chloramines from drinking water.”

3. “A carbon filter is the best way to remove chloramines from your tap water. If you want to go the extra mile, you can also use a reverse osmosis system.”

4. “Chloramine cannot be easily removed from water via evaporation and must be neutralized using dechlorinator. If you are sure your tap water contains chlorine and not chloramine, you can let the water sit for 1-5 days to allow all the chlorine to evaporate.”

5. “Chloramine requires a longer contact time with the filter media for it to be thoroughly removed, so don’t expect a Brita water filter to completely remove this impurity.”

6. “What neutralizes chloramine?
Ascorbic acid and sodium ascorbate

Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and sodium ascorbate completely neutralize both chlorine and chloramine, but degrade in a day or two, which makes them usable only for short-term applications.”

7. “What breaks down chloramine?
The most common chemical to neutralize chlorine and chloramine is potassium metabisulfite, or Campden tablets (Campden tablets sometimes use sodium instead of potassium but the final result is the same). These tablets are often used in brewing operations to achieve the same disinfection results and remove chlorine.”