In the US there is a product called Nature's Two. It contains silve and is used with the filter. In Chicago you can get it at any Pool Store. I know you can buy it at Pool-A-Rama in the Chicago area they have about 15 stores. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 11:54 PM Subject: Re: CS>CC & CS for swimming pools
> 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_poo ls_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]> >
