Seems that ascorbic acid will lower the pH, while sodium ascorbate will not. Don't know if it might be harder to obtain the latter, but maybe the small volume in a bathtub might make this moot point.
Posted by tickle (Member # 36441) on :
Looks like they're saying one gram is enough?
" One gram of ascorbic acid will neutralize 1 milligram per liter of chlorine per 100 gallons of water. "
Great information, thanks!
Posted by Lauralyme (Member # 15021) on :
Would it react with epsom salts?
Posted by Marnie (Member # 773) on :
I don't know...very interesting question!
Get the chlorine out first then add the E.S.?
Posted by sixgoofykids (Member # 11141) on :
We have a whole house water filter that removes chlorine. We still have a water purfier for drinking water, but I'm happy to have the cholorine removed from our showers.
Posted by Energy2Heal (Member # 2010) on :
FYI - Many municipalities around the country have switched from chlorine to chloramine for disinfecting the water piped to your home.
Chloromine is a combination of chlorine and ammonia.
it is really bad for many reasons, only two of which are:
- Unlike chlorine, chloramine is very difficult to remove from the water - Chloramine does not disinfect the water as well as chlorine
You should check and find out what your local municipality is using.
Sodium ascorbate is readily available from iherb (and the like, I imagine). I used NOW brand.
I add the sodium ascorbate to the water as it goes in our drinking water filter, which doesn't handle chloramine, and we also have a vit-C shower filter before it goes to the non-vit-C shower filter.
Posted by Marnie (Member # 773) on :
Bb needs Na (sodium) Cl (chloride) for motility.
The Na and Cl channels are "open".
Hence Frontline which blocks chloride channels IN THE TICK to destroy Bb before the tick can infect our dogs.
And Tamoxifen- a man-made PKC inhibitor that also blocks chloride channels.
Bb's "fav" is Na. It is not particularly fond of K, Ca or Mg.
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