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CHLORINE - TOXIC HEAVY METALS FACTSHEET

Chlorine is one of the basic builidng blocks of our planet. Chlorine is
17 usually found in nature bound with other elements like sodium, potas-

Cl
sium, and magnesium. When chlorine is isolated as a free element,
chlorine is a greenish yellow gas, which is 2.5 times heavier than air. It
turns to a liquid state at -34°C (-29°F), and it becomes a yellowish crystalline solid at
-103°C (-153°F). In nature it is found in the combined state only, chiefly with sodium
35.453 as common salt (NaCl), carnallite, and sylvite.
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SOURCES Without sodium chloride (salt), there would be no life.
Life began in the ocean, the largest source of salt and the
origin of all organic material. One of the most effective
and economical germ-killers, chlorine also destroys and
deactivates a wide range of dangerous germs in homes,
hospitals, swimming pools, hotels, restaurants, and other
public places. Chlorine is found in soils, minerals, plants
and animals. Seawater is a huge reservoir of dissolved chlorine weathered
from the continents and transported to the oceans by Earth’s rivers. Chlo-
rine is produced industrially from the compound sodium chloride, one of
the many salts found in geologic deposits formed from the slow evapora-
tion of ancient seawater.
TOXICITY Chlorine gas is a pulmonary irritant with intermediate
water solubility that causes acute damage in the upper and
lower respiratory tract. Elemental chlorine and its deriva-
tives, hydrochloric and hypochlorous acids, may cause
biological injury. Numerous scientific studies report that
chlorinated water is a skin irritant and can be associated
with rashes like eczema. Chlorinated water can destroy
polyunsaturated fatty acids and vitamin E in the body
while generating toxins capable of free radical damage (oxidation). Chlo-
rinated water destroys much of the intestinal flora, the friendly bacteria
that help in the digestion of food and which protect the body from harmful
pathogens.

TOXICITY The immediate effects of chlorine gas toxicity include TESTING Check out chlorine levels in your body with our easy to
use, home-based, HMT Chlorine Test Kit
SYMPTOMS acute inflammation of the conjunctivae, nose, pharynx,
larynx, trachea, and bronchi. Irritation of the airway
mucosa leads to local edema secondary to active arterial Osumex HM-Chelat is most
and capillary hyperemia. Plasma exudation results in effective in eliminating
filling the alveoli with edema fluid, resulting in pulmo- heavy metals contamination
nary congestion. Chlorine has been documented to ag-
in the body.
gravate asthma, especially in those children who make
frequent use of chlorinated swimming pools. Several For more information, visit
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