{"id":170,"date":"2014-09-30T03:14:48","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T03:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ozone-services.com\/?p=170"},"modified":"2014-09-30T03:14:48","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T03:14:48","slug":"chlorine-vs-ozone-use-in-swimming-pools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oxidationtech.com\/blog\/chlorine-vs-ozone-use-in-swimming-pools\/","title":{"rendered":"Chlorine vs Ozone use in swimming pools?"},"content":{"rendered":"

How chlorine in swimming pools is giving children ASTHMA, leading expert warns<\/h1>\n

By Angela Epstein<\/a><\/p>\n

Why on earth are we still using chlorine in our swimming pools? Chlorine is a potent irritant for anyone who has eczema – which means that millions of Britons who suffer from this common skin condition are prevented from enjoying a pleasurable, healthy – and often very cheap – leisure activity.<\/span><\/p>\n

What’s more, it’s actually potentially harmful – some studies have found that the chlorine used in pools can increase a youngster’s risk of asthma up to six-fold. Rates of hay fever and other types of allergies are also said to be increased.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile scientists believe that commonly-found airborne chemicals, such as chlorine from pools and compounds found in cleaning products, could be behind the five-fold increase in inherited allergies during the past 50 years: exposure to these chemicals may be altering an unborn child’s immune system, leaving them more sensitive to conditions such as eczema, asthma and hay fever.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Chlorine is a potent irritant for anyone who has eczema. Millions of Britons who suffer from this skin condition<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Babies may be at particular risk of asthma because their lungs are still developing and they tend\u00a0 to swallow irritant-laden water while swimming.
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And a study of 50 elite athletes, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, found that almost all of the swimmers in the group had inflamed lung tissue, with those who spent the most time at the pool showing the most changes. Could this have been linked to their exposure to chlorine – since the toxic by-products of chlorine settle at surface level, just where they would be breathed in?<\/span><\/p>\n

Admittedly, more research is needed on this potential link, but I know from my dermatology clinics there are many people who are unable to go swimming because chemicals in the water severely irritate their skin.<\/span><\/p>\n

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