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GregorS wrote:
Dismantle the head , soak the parts in chlorine for a few hours. Reassemble.
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I am not sure that works, see:
http://www.Colorado.edu/news/r/50fe20a5a5376631bbad2024f89b02c0.html
This suggests that chlorine encourages future growth of Mycobacterium gordonae, although it is unclear if it initially kills the bacterium. Several news media stories on this topic simply say that chlorine does not work, but without specifying how the chlorine was applied.
I strongly suspect that if chlorine is to work at all, the shower head should first be dismantled as suggested above. However, many showerheads (particularly the plastic ones which are indicted to be more receptive to this bacteria) cannot be dismantled without destroying or damaging the showerhead.
Anyway, it is not at all clear in any of the references whether chlorine was found not to work at all; or, that it does not work if applied topically or with the showerhead immersed (as an intact assembly) in chlorine.
If chlorine does not work, what (if anything), that is available in retail outlets, does work? Any comments?
Enquire (2009-09-17)
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