Do you love your hot tub but hate using chlorine to keep it clean? iONRx has developed an ionic copper hot tub cleaner that sanitizes so effectively you only need a tiny bit of chlorine to keep the water clean. Enjoy a long, luxurious soak in your tub without smelling chlorine fumes or suffering from the dried skin that soaking in chlorine-laden water can lead to.
Learn more in this post supported by iONRx.
What Exactly Is Chlorine?
Chlorine is the most used chemical in jacuzzi and swimming pool maintenance. It’s common because it is very effective at killing many of the microorganisms and bacteria that can contaminate water and make people sick.
But chlorine can make people sick, too. Chlorine has been known to cause allergic reactions, worsen the symptoms of asthma, and irritate the eyes. It also leads to brittle, rough hair and dry, itchy skin.
When chlorine interacts with bodily proteins, such as water-borne bacteria and other living organisms, it produces gases called chloramines and/or trihalomethanes (THM). The most prevalent of these is nitrogen trichloride, the gas that emits that chlorine smell, especially in an indoor facility. It is usually what makes your throat tickle or nose itch. In a bromine-treated spa or pool, the byproduct is called bromamines, which are less potent than chloramines and THM. However, bromine still needs to be “shocked” with chlorine to oxidize, which then will produce chloramines. That’s a lot of chemicals to be inhaling or potentially absorbing through your skin!
Why is Ionic Copper Hot Tub Cleaner a Better Alternative?
Research at the University of Arizona and the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory found that using ionic copper can significantly reduce the amount of chlorine needed to disinfect water. In fact, a study at the Municipal Swimming Pool in Brookline, MA found that ionic copper “gave equivalent results” for reducing bacteria as did chlorine.
iONRx used this research to develop its ionic copper hot tub cleaner. The product eliminates the use of bromine completely, and requires only two tablespoons of granular chlorine per week (the equivalent to what is found in tap water), or one chlorine tablet, compared to the five or more many hot tub owners use. The chlorine is not used as a disinfectant, but to keep water from getting cloudy.
In addition to replacing the chlorine in your hot tub with ionic copper, iONRx recommends that, whenever you swim in a chlorinated pool or soak in a hot tub treated with chlorine, that you shower immediately afterward to remove whatever chlorine may be on your skin or in your hair. Obviously, in a chlorinated swimming pool, where goggles to protect your eyes. A bathing cap will also protect your hair somewhat.
