The Hidden Health Exposure You’re Overlooking: Your Daily Shower

We think about what we eat and drink when it comes to health, but one of the biggest overlooked exposures happens every day in the shower.

Fluoride, chlorine, and other chemicals in municipal water don’t just rinse off our skin; they can be absorbed and even inhaled. A single 10-minute hot shower may expose you to more fluoride and chlorine than drinking that same water all day.

Heat opens pores, and steam opens lungs, thus creating the perfect environment for absorption. Once inside the body, these chemicals can disrupt thyroid function, increase oxidative stress, and weaken the skin barrier. Your skin is your largest organ of absorption. What goes on it, goes in it.

What you can do:

• Install a shower filter that removes both chlorine and fluoride (look for activated alumina, KDF-55, or catalytic carbon).

• Consider a whole-house filtration system - if you own your home.

• Support detox pathways with sauna sessions, dry brushing, and trace-mineral hydration.

• Seal your skin barrier post-shower with clean oils like jojoba or squalane.

Clean water is a foundation of wellness. When the body feels safe, it thrives.

To your vitality,

Lizanne