Allergy Solution
Open letter to everyone interested:
15 years ago I became allergic, which for periods has been a hell.
The doctor concluded after testing that I was over-sensible to birch,
asp and alder - and I went every winter through a desensibilation
program with injections of pollen extracts.
During the worst allergy season in spring I also had to use
antihistamines.
But for a years I generally suspected other things to be the main reason
for the increase of allergy problems - in many urban societies. Among
things I suspected were substances in the food.
This spring I have tested myself more thoroughly and has done the
following, terrible conclusion:
It is the drinking water!
When I only drink water I buy on bottles (spring water), even for
cooking coffee, and use no water from the tap, every trace of my allergy
problem is gone!
What's the main culprit I don't know, but one may suspect some chemicals
used by the water treatment plants.
If these chemicals may reach milk or other foodstufs I don't know.
If also asthmatics may be helped by avoiding tap water I don't know, but
it should be worth a try!
Best regards - with more vitality
Rolf Melheim
Torvbakkgata 2 C
0550 Oslo
Norway
rolfme at forsok.vgs.no
This far I have got 3 comments:
1. Rolf:
That allergies to flouride and other chemicals used to treat public
drinking water occure is well documented. Also, I'm not familar with
how they process drinking water in Norway, so I don't know what they
might be putting in it.
Stagger Lee
Stagger-lee at usa.net
2. Hi
An even more common reason would surely be chlorine?
Best wishes
Alexa
alexa at pcug.org.au
3. Subject: Reply to Allergy Solution
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 15:19:55 -0500
From: Jo Ann Faber <JoAnnFaber at acaai.org>
To: "Rolf Melheim" <rmelheim at sn.no>
Thank you for sharing your allergy solution with us. I have not come
across
any published information linking allergies and asthma with tap water.
We have a member of the College in Oslo, Norway, (Kjell Aas, M.D.,
Voksentoppen Allergy & Asthma Institute) and I am forwarding your open
e-mail letter to him.
Sincerely,
Jo Ann Faber
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Asthma & Immunology
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