What does chlorine do for our bodies?

Answer by  Mech79 (185)

Chlorine is in our bodies as chloride a soluable salt. Chloride is responsible for maintaining the balance of fluid inside and outside of cells. It also maintains blood volume, PH, and blood pressure.

Answer by  quiensoy (7)

Chlorine is poisonous to your body, being a corrosive gas in its pure state. It's more accurate to say that it does things TO your body, rather than FOR your body.

Answer by  G12345 (1808)

Chlorine does nothing and is a toxin. Chloride is an essential anion that is used to balance the charge in every cell in our body and is esential for every life.

Answer by  ASathishKumar (14)

Binary compound of chlorine is called chloride. Chlorine is present in our body in the form of soluble salt. It is help to maintain the blood pressure, PH of the body fluids and blood volume. It also balances the amount of fluid present inside and outside of the cells. Chlorine is absorbed by the intestine of our body.

Answer by  Jenn09 (176)

Chlorine gas (Cl2) has no known beneficial role in the body. Rather, this gas is toxic and can cause symptoms ranging from irritation of the eye/skin/airway to death. Once inhaled, chlorine's strong oxidizing properties can react with the water in the body to form hydrochloric acid and hypochlorous acid, and cause substantial tissue damage.

Answer by  Dustin (359)

It is a form of salt in the body and is essential in maintain homeostasis. It basically keeps fluids at the right levels on either sides of a cell wall. Your main source of chlorine chloride is through foods and chlorine is essential to normal body functions. Without it you would die.

Answer by  Tracy27 (96)

Chlorine is an electrolyte that your body needs like sodium or calcium. Chlorine helps maintain the pH of your body, adequate blood volume, and maintains blood pressure.

Answer by  Vanasatchy (816)

Chlorine it water is purifier. When such water is consumed it mainly affect our throat. It gives severe pain and irritation in the throat. This will lead to cough at regular intervals and finally it will be continuous. Some may get even running nose. All will lead to severe fever finally

Answer by  Balaji (325)

Chlorine is a very dangerous for our health. It causes to have various side effects due to increase in this content. It damages many cells in our body and makes it unable to function in a proper way. It will also lead us to develop stroke and may end up in fits