Posted by honeybee on June 9, 2006, at 16:46:47
In reply to Is chloride from swimming pools bad 4 yer, posted by saturn on May 14, 2006, at 15:05:48
Supposedly, there's an increased risk of skin cancer (this, from a girl who spent her youth sitting around swim pools, unSPF'ed, and super freckled). But, unless you're allergic (and my brother is!), it shouldn't be so bad for you, if you don't pickle yourself in it.
I mean, there's a trade-off. I also swam in lakes and streams a lot when I grew up (and swam in pools, because I was on swim team). On the one hand, there's the clorine that kills all the germs; on the other hand, there are the lakes and streams that have all kinds of critters and bateriums and loosey goosies frolicking in them. Either/or. A
Some pools use other methods of "disinfecting" their pools (Europe has a whole different system, entirely, that's much healthier). I think Ozone is one. A much safer one, at that. There may be other methods.
Are you really going to swim? Let me know. I've been thinking of going back to the pool myself--it would be good for me--and I need a swift kick in the *rse to do it.
honeybee
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