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Chlorine, Swimming Pools, and Breathing Problems.
Swimming Pool Chlorine Levels and Breathing Chlorine, Swimming Pools, and Breathing Problems – Even athletes with no history of ailment show signs of breathing trouble after swimming in chlorinated water. Chlorine in pools leads to breathing trouble in trained swimmers, regardless […]
Read more »Chlorine Chemical & Physical Properties.
Chlorine Chemical & Physical Properties – Chlorine liquid form will burn the skin, Chlorine has been used as a chemical warfare agent. Chlorine Atomic Number: 17 Symbol: Cl Atomic Weight: 35.4527 Discovery: Carl Wilhelm Scheele 1774 (Sweden) Electron Configuration: [Ne] […]
Read more »What About Swimming Pools? Tap Water Linked to Stillbirths, Cancer.
What About Swimming Pools? Tap Water Linked to Stillbirths, Cancer – Studies in the United States, Canada and Norway have linked chlorine byproducts in ordinary tap water to higher risks of miscarriages and stillbirths in pregnant women and increased incidences […]
Read more »Chlorine Treated Swimming Pools Can Cause Asthma.
Chlorine Treated Swimming Pools Can Cause Asthma – Water Treatment Chemicals Used For Swimming Pools Could Be The Culprit! Chlorinated Swimming Pools Can Cause Asthma – Chlorine treated indoor swimming pools can cause asthma or other breathing problems in swimmers according to […]
Read more »Exposure to chemicals in pool water related to possible health effects.
Swimming in chlorinated indoor pools can cause genotoxic effects (DNA damage) and respiratory effects. Exposure to chemicals in pool water related to possible health effects – It is said by a new study published in Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) journal, […]
Read more »Genotoxic effects in swimmers exposed to disinfecting by-products.
Genotoxic effects in swimmers exposed to disinfecting by-products: Abstract BACKGROUND: Exposure to disinfection by-products (DBPs) in drinking water has been associated with cancer risk. A recent study (Villanueva et al. 2007; Am J Epidemiol 165:148-156) found an increased bladder cancer […]
Read more »Assessment of Mutagenicity of Chlorinated and Brominated Swimming Pool Water.
Assessment of Mutagenicity of Chlorinated and Brominated Swimming Pool Water: Abstract Background: Swimming pool disinfectants and disinfection by-products (DBPs) have been linked to human health effects, including asthma and bladder cancer, but no studies have provided a comprehensive identification of […]
Read more »What is Swimmers Itch and How to Treat It.
What is Swimmers Itch and How to Treat It – What is swimmer’s itch? Swimmer’s itch, also called cercarial dermatitis, is a skin rash caused by an allergic reaction to infection with certain parasites of birds and mammals. These microscopic […]
Read more »Swimming Pool Disinfectants Have Harmful Mutagenic Capacity.
Swimming Pool Disinfectants Have Harmful Mutagenic Capacity – Summary Carcinogens are chemicals that cause cancer by inducing permanent changes, called mutations, in genes. A recent study examined carcinogenicity of the by-products of disinfectants, such as chlorine, used for public swimming […]
Read more »Toxicity of Chlorinated Pools.
Toxicity of Chlorinated Pools – Summary The current study evaluated whether the chemicals in chlorinated pools induced genetic changes in swimmers. The results showed that a chemical called trihalomethane was found in high concentrations in the exhaled breath of the […]
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