What's the deal with Chlorine and swimingpools?
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Mostly they add sodium hypochlorite or bleaching powder to swimming pool for disinfection. It is the active oxygen in these products which kill the organic matter of the bacteria and virus, leaving them dead. It is not chlorine gas which is evolved, rather it is active oxygen which is evolved and it is also corrosive to skin. Avoid using swimming pools when it is smells a hell of chlorine.
1158549
Well, The salt might get in your eyes, so I would say probably no, but Pools and Lakes are okay as long as you don't open your eyes underwater... mine rarely fall out unless I touch them.
1043847
it is really funny looking at all the questions about a swimming pool, and pool maintenance, and my pool has a leak, and my water is green.  \n\nATTENTION all owners of a swimming pools.  questions and answers to your swimming pool conundrums are found at the "HOME & GARDEN" section of yahoo answers and at bare minimum the "SWIMMING" sports section found directly under this snooker & pool section.\n\nthank you for actually reading before you post a question.  i bet you are the same people post womens panties on ebay under the automotive section.
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Depends on how strong the chlorine is.\n\nReally, the water will do more damage.\nWATER IS NOT LUBE!!!\nIt will dry her out and decrease Her pleasure.\n\nStill, better to have sex in a chlorinated pool than one with who-knows-what swimming around in it (like bacteria, or cow poop or other nasty things).
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Chlorine has bleach in it. No one would ever think of washing his or her hair in bleach, but that's what you're exposing yourself to every time you  jump in the pool. I don't know about premature aging, but chlorine dries the skin severely and therefore, extra care should be taken before and after you swim.\n\nBefore I swim, I put a light coating of conditioner in my dry hair. Then I put on a cap. This protects my hair somewhat from the damaging effects of chlorine. If I'm swimming outdoor in the daytime,  I always, always wear sunscreen. Be sure not to miss the back of your body, since you tend to expose your posterior to the sun when swimming. This is the single most important thing you can do to protect yourself from longterm damage (not to mention skin cancer).\n\nAfter swimming, I wash my hair and condition it immediately. I shower to get all the sunscreen off, then while I'm still drying off, I put lotion on my entire body and moisturizer on my face.
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keep your pool clean.i don't know if chlorine is good for your pool.\n\nthere is a website below that i hope helps.
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Inorganic materials like copper, iron, manganese, calcium or aluminum can also cloud or discolor the pool water and stain or scale the pool surfaces, especially the plaster and tile grout. When a precipitated metallic salt such as calcium or magnesium remains in suspension, it can cause turbidity or cloudiness of the water. When heavy metal minerals are in suspension, they'll color the water. When these minerals quit floating around and decide to attach themselves or deposit on interior pool surfaces, the mineral salts such as carbonates of magnesium and calcium form a whitish crystallized deposit known as scale. If the precipitated minerals have color, as heavy metals often do, they will deposit themselves in the form of a stain.
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POLYMERIC BIGUANIDE  TREATMENT\nOriginally developed as a pre surgery anti microbial scrub, PHMB was patented in 1977, and marketed for pools and spas under the trade name Baquacil. This technology has the distinction and the EPA approval as the only non halogen sanitizer available for pools and spas. Here's a page if you're looking here to find out how to convert back to chlorine or some other sanitizer.\nNow that the patent has expired, Bio Lab has also introduced a line of biguanide products under the name Soft Swim. A full system for complete halogen free water care, these products are a stand alone alternative to traditional sanitation methods. The Biguanide itself is combined with algaecides and hydrogen peroxide for periodic oxidation. The system tends to gum up filters, and of course a product is available to de-gum it. Biguanide are not recommended for spas or aerated pools. As long as you don't add any other chemicals but those recommended by the manufacturer, you'll do fine; but add a small amount of chlorine and your pool looks like orange sherbet! Biguanides are also incompatible with TSP, ozone, detergents, ionizers, and other common chemicals, but is not at odds with any water balancing chemicals you may add.\nBiguanides have been reported to be easier to use, with less chemical level testing, and less adding of chemicals. The water doesn't smell of chlorine of course, and the reduced surface tension gives it a smoother feel. It doesn't degrade with sunlight, temperature or changes in pH levels like chlorine. At recommended concentrations, biguanides won't irritate the skin or eyes and can't corrode pool equipment. \n \nhttp://www.poolcenter.com/biguan.htm\n------------------------------------------------------------
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The guy who said no, is full of crap. You can use it, but you have to ask yourself if it's worth it. If it's one of those 8 foot long 1 foot deep jobbies, it might be better to just dump it and start again. If you go overboard on the chlorine it won't be nice to be in.\n Eventually, no matter how much you may not want to, you will HAVE to dump that water. The chlorine added will just buy you a little time is all.
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Yes, although in a pool the chlorine does sting a little bit.
1108572
I've talked to a Dr about this because I once had problems after swimming.  The chlorine is not really an allergen but is an irritant instead.  It is harsh on the mucus membranes - your nose and eyes.  When swimming, protect your eyes with goggles, and always breath out through your nose and mouth when under water to prevent water from going in.  Also, some pools have way too much chlorine - especially pools that are very popular.  Another contributing factor to the headache could be heat or sun.  The combination of all three is very irritating.
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apo2_99 is wrong, you do sweat, but your in a pool so who cares.  but there are many advantages.  good for cardiocascular stuff, both aerobic and anaerobic activity.  stretches out your muscles, relieves stress, helps you sleep, keeps you in shape/ gets you in shape.  very fun.  good way to avoid drowning.  and just by learning to swim, you'll be a better swimmer than 95% of the world, so that is cool.
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First of all, make sure that your test kit's reagents are still good. If they've ever frozen or are over a year old, they're no good.\n If your reagents are good, then what about your chlorinator. You shouldn't need to use a floatie with a chlorinator at the equipment. Also, you ought to be putting more than 2 tabs in that chlorinator. The usual method is to half fill it and adjust the flow to it as needed on the dial. Perhaps the chlorinator is plugged. They do get mucked up.\n Are you testing for Total alkalinity? If not, you should be. It's more important than PH or Cl as it is what governs whether everything else works, water chemistry wise.\n Have you taken your water in to a pool shop to have the cyanuric acid (stabilizer) levels checked? Too low a stabilizer level and the cl gets zapped out by ultra violet in no time. To high a level is not good either and may require a partial pool dump and fill.Stabilizer levels affect Cl levels.\n\n Yes, it could be phosphates. Is your pool green or does it flip to green in hours? Usually caused by not having proper sanitizer levels or bad water chemistry ( that TA thing again)\n\n Are you shocking once a week.?Yep, you're supposed to. Shock ing over chlorinates the pool briefly, to get rid of what the chlorine pucks couldn't deal with during the week. No shock, no chlorine reserves left.\n There are many things unique to your back yard that may be doing this as well. Are there a lot of organics constantly falling in the pool? What's the bather load, is yours the only pool in town?
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No.  Thanks to the popularity of swimming pools, scientists are used to seeing chlorine in urine and know exactly how to measure it and what it means.
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The chemicals are probably different from the other pools you have been in and you are sensitive to them.
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Chlorine in the water is probably bad for us in the long run, but if it wasn't there we'd be dead already from cholera or typhus.  There is no such thing as "safe", you just need to gauge the amount of risk you are willing to tolerate for an enjoyable life for you and your family.
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Chlorine is used to sanitize the water. Sometimes you use chlorine tablets through automatic "dispensers" or chlorinators, sometimes you can use chlorine in granular or liquid form if you need it to work faster. \n\nOutdoors pools also use something called a Stabilizer because the sun's ultraviolet rays reduce the effectiveness of the chlorine so the stabilizer counteracts the rays' effect.\n\nFinally, some pools are treated with salt...a complex process that I don't understand involves lights and basically generates a sanitizer that acts as the chlorine would...