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beware of chemicals in the pools.

sarahdelee | Posted in General Discussion on May 8, 2015 12:47pm
I like to spend all my leisure time in  swimming pools, so Iam strict about cleanliness of my pool. Recently I heard some people experiencing skin allergy, rashes, eye irritation after swimming in some public pools . I just want to mention some facts about excessive chlorine usage in pools.
 
Chlorine is the chemical most public and private pools rely on for disinfection purpose in pools, When excess amount of chlorine is used  in the pools, then water becomes toxic to humans. Swimmers will experience moderate to severe eye irritation. They experience burning in their nasal passages and mouth if they inhale the over-chlorinated water. so be careful about chlorine levels of your pool. One swimming pool cleaning services from toronto gave this information to me, I am sharing this with you all. Have a good day!
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  1. calvin | May 08, 2015 08:15am | #1

    Whatsa matt

    forget the spam link on that pool cleaning company?

    1. john7g | May 09, 2015 02:27pm | #4

      Huh?

      You don't have the ability to block her?  Does the software not allow it?

      1. calvin | May 09, 2015 09:14pm | #7

        John

        john7g wrote:

        You don't have the ability to block her?  Does the software not allow it?

        sure and no.

        but come on, a girls gotta have fun.

        .

  2. DanH | May 08, 2015 12:30pm | #2

    Yeah, dihydrogen oxide is an especially deadly chemical -- kills about 3000 people a year in the US.

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      Mike_Mahan | May 08, 2015 12:55pm | #3

      In Mexico

      Many from the US are afraid of travel to Mexico. But the danger of violence is greatly exagerated. The number one cause of death for tourists is traffic accidents, followed by inhalation of dihydrogen oxide.

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      MarkH | May 09, 2015 03:24pm | #5

      Dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO) is just as deadly, and very common in pools. Beware, your lungs can be debilitated in seconds in contact with DHMO.

  3. oldhand | May 09, 2015 07:26pm | #6

    my fear

    What scares me more is other stuff people throw in the pools like piranhas, crocodiles and snickers bars....

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      MarkH | May 09, 2015 09:53pm | #8

      How sure are you that it was really a Snickers bar?

      1. oldhand | May 10, 2015 02:05am | #9

        not sure...

        could have been a Baby Ruth bar .....

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          MarkH | May 10, 2015 07:40am | #10

          Then, there's these pesky guys.
          Bear in the pool

  4. renosteinke | May 10, 2015 10:29am | #11

    If You Want to LOOK Smart ...

    BE Smart!

    IUPAC has no "di-" prefix in its' official terminology, and '-ide'  indicates two, not one.

    If you're going to try to come up with the 'chemical name' of water, you might start with something like "Oxygen Hydride."

    1. MYBuilder | May 10, 2015 02:54pm | #13

      Go ahead call a spade a spade. It's Hydroxic Acid Nothing more deadly than ingesting acid.

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    MarkH | May 10, 2015 02:31pm | #12

    99.9999% pure Hydrogen Hydroxide is an inorganic chemical solvent, while essential to human life, can also be deadly in high concentrations. A chemical substance is a form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties. It cannot be separated into components by physical separation methods, i.e. without breaking chemical bonds.

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