From the article: Almost Half of Users Admit Unhygienic Swimming Pool Behavior
Have you gone to the local swimming pool and found it to be a disappointing mess? A little dirty? Sparkling clean? What are your experiences at the local pool, and how have you addressed them? Tell us about your pool
dirty or overchlorinated
- Dirty pools will give you an earache or perhaps even an upset stomach. Over chlorinated pools will be more subtle and are more dangerous. We have had three in our swim group have to have sinus surgery. The local Y keeps the chlorine between 3.0 and 5.0. The state minimum is 0.4! Chlorine has been shown to cause asthma and several of us have develop asthma in our 50's. I have not been able to find any definitive studies on chlorine effects at 3-5 ppm levels compared to 1.0. Does anyone have any leads? The poor little kids (and us old farts too) are being poisoned and no one is doing anything about it.
- —Barney1954
how clean is your swimming pool?
- I'm learning how to swim and i did swallow water from the pool.My concern is am i going to get sick, because the fellowing day i felt very tired and my throat and my ears canal really hurts , what should i do. I know I should stay away from the pool at least until I feel better is there any way i can prevent this from happening in the future,by the way I'm taking private lesson at high recommended private sports club, and thanks for the information.
- —Guest alba
showering!
- I teach aquatics and I'd say that 95% of members coming to class do not shower before entering the pool, even though there are notices on the door to the pool to do so. Excuses range from," I don't need to shower, I showered yesterday" to "I'll be in the water soon". It's as if they have no understanding about what they bring to the water, in terms of bacteria. My other concern is the high level of chloramines generated in the pool and the lack of a "proper" air supply, together with the very high air temperatures present in warmer pools 84F and up. Has anyone suggestions as to how to combat both the showering and air quality in the pool?
- —Guest annie
