re: Chlorine in Swimming Pools Poses Risk of Spontaneous Abortions

epryorms — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:43:55 GMT

I am going to the www.eclear.co.za site and see if it is suitable for my chlorine driven out door pool.

re: Chlorine in Swimming Pools Poses Risk of Spontaneous Abortions

rothro — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:40:43 GMT

There is a perception amongst the public (created by marketing companies) that salt pools are chlorine free and ECO friendly and that they do not produce any chlorine or harmful disinfection byproducts (DBPs). THIS IS NOT TRUE!!!! Although salt pools feel soft on the skin because of the salt, they generate an extremely aggressive, highly reactive and toxic form of chlorine. A paper by Beech et al (AJPH, 1980, Vol 70 (1) p79-82) investigated levels of THMs in public chlorine and salt pools in the Miami area. The standards set by the EPA in drinking water is 100 micrograms per liter. They measured up to 430 micrograms per liter of THMs in chlorine pools (mainly in the form of chloroform) and up to 1300 migrogram per liter of THMs in salt pools (mainly in the form of bromoform). Bromoform is a confirmed carcinogen in animals and is absorbed into the body by inhalation and through the skin. Bromoform is particularly harmful to the environment because it persists in the environment. Millions of liters of water from salt (and chlorine) pools are backwashed into the environment each day contaminating natural waterways with these harmful DBPs. Chemical free alternatives are now available for pool water disinfection such as e-clear's natural oxidation technology (www.eclear.co.za). This system is 100% chlorine free, salt free and toxic free and delivers crystal clear oxygenated springwater for domestic and commercial pools of over 10 million liters. The technology produces healthy oxygenated water fit to drink. Spring water pools can be backwashed directly to irrigation, even to your organic veggie patch!