Just read your story here: http://wwrech-now.blogspot.com/. I co-founded People Concerned About Chloramine (PCAC) in the Champlain Water District, (CWD) which serves 9 towns in Vermont.
The introduction of chloramine into our water has been a nightmare for many in my water district. Approximately 300 people have reported respiratory, digestive and/or skin problems to PCAC since chloramine went into our water in the spring of 2006. About 50 of those people that have had moderate to severe symptoms have removed themselves from exposure to chloramine, which is no easy task. Each person got better, with no exception.
I have attached some before-and-after photos of skin reactions that people here got after the introduction of chloramine to our tap water. I think a picture does say a thousand words. Unfortunately there is no way to photograph digestive or respiratory symptoms but be assured that some people get those as severely as the skin problems you see here. If you go to our website (the top one listed in my signature) you can read quotes from officials in the EPA and CDC when they came up here to investigate the symptoms people were getting. The EPA officials admitted in front of the camera of the local news team for the CBS affiliate that there are no studies on the kind of symptoms people are getting all over the country and parts of the industrialized world where chloramine is used in drinking water. Doctors cannot diagnose without clinical studies to refer to. It's a real nightmare.
I get that Gloucester has a big problem with aging infrastructure, but chloramine is the Devil's fix. It is nasty stuff and I don't envy the people who are in for a rude awakening after the chloraminated water starts flowing into their home plumbing.
I have been thinking and reading about chloramine a lot for the past 4 years. I think I've learned a few things and am happy to talk with you and share what I know.
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