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This digital document is an article from Environmental Health Perspectives, published by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences on October 1, 2003. The length of the article is 484 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation Details
Title: How safe are swimming pools?(Asthma)
Author: Angela Spivey
Publication: Environmental Health Perspectives (Refereed)
Date: October 1, 2003
Publisher: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Volume: 111 Issue: 13 Page: A694(1)Distributed by Thompson Gale
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Breathing large doses of chlorine-based disinfectants is known to cause lung damage, but what about smaller levels, such as the 0.02-0.2 parts per million in the air surrounding indoor pools? According to a report in the June 2003 issue of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, cumulative exposure to such levels increases the prevalence of asthma, particularly for young children. The likely culprit is nitrogen trichloride (trichloramine), a highly reactive by-product created when chlorine reacts with organic matter such as urine and sweat.
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