MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Denise Johnson-Kula washes her fruit in bottled spring water. She no longer turns on her faucets or showers in her Menlo Park apartment because she said her water makes her sick.
"Within minutes of being in the shower and breathing the steam, my sinuses were running and I had choking symptoms," said Johnson-Kula. "I also had red, horribly burning skin. The wheezing got so bad I could hardly breathe. I actually thought I was going to die."
Dr. Robert Bocian determined she suffered from chloramine mediated respiratory toxicity.
And what's more, there's an activist group!
One thing that's interesting is that on one side of the question, we have people who insist on removing THMs from their water in order to get the cancer risk down to zero. On the other side, the activist group says:
•THMs are possible but not proven cancer causing byproducts.
So the studies that show problems with THMs in water are questionable, but the studies showing problems with chloramine are gold. Okey-dokey.
By the way, the group cites, without linking, the SFPUC FAQ on chloramine. Here's a link to the top page.
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