On 3/14, Marshall wrote: >...Since I am very sensitive to chlorine, I have been researching alternative methods of maintaining the pool...>
Looks like there are additional reasons to beware the pool: Wed Apr 3, 2002 LONDON (Reuters) "...Researchers at Imperial College London said they found levels of trihalomethanes (THMs), a by-product of chlorine, in London swimming pools that were higher than amounts found in tap water which had been associated with health problems...THMs are formed when chlorine, which is added to swimming pools to keep them clean, reacts with organic matter such as skin or hair..." http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020404/sc_nm/science_pools_dc_1&printer=1 and from the CS Archives, Philip Wylie: "...In Holland they only use Ozone plants to purify their drinking water where as in Canada and most of the USA they use chorine and ammonia for water purification. A University of Alberta Zoology professor apprised me that the mixing of the two (chlorine and ammonia) results in an compound that is dangerously carcinogenic. The reason they add the ammonia is to extend the life and effectiveness of the chlorine...Now when they add Fluoride, which is a close cousin to Prozac, you have quite the cocktail..." http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/m45250.html jr -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
