I have a chlorine injections treatment system that feeds in to a backwashing active carbon unit then to a tannin filter. My issue is for the last 3 years my wifes hands have gotten so bad from the water they look like 3rd degree burns and put her in a lot of pain. We have had the water guys in to inspect the treatment and everything is running fine. If I change the carbon within a week her hands are fine and healed but after 3 weeks or so they go right back to the pain. I have the chlorine system off and the carbon is changed with fresh stuff, it lasted 4 weeks then the peeled painful hands came back, I put the carbon tank on bypass and in 2 days her hands start to heal again. Anyone have an idea as to why carbon could make her hands peel so much the skin they looks burnt? Could this be some kind of allergy to active carbon? Everyone I talk with in the water business in town is stumped. Thanks

I just posted a couple days ago about chlorine filtering shower heads - but if I'm going to filter the water in the master shower, I really should be filtering the water that our daughter bathes in. She is 2.5 years old and bathes in the guest bath tub and always seems to have dry skin. I could put on a shower filter in that shower head as well, but it would take forever to fill up the tub that way. Do those dechlorinization pellets/tablets really work? I've seen those "filter balls" too that are supposed to work for tubs. I know I could put in a whole-house filter, but I wanted to try the point of use filters first to see if the chlorine removal really makes any difference before investing in the bigger, more expensive/complex stuff. Any feedback would be appreciated.