Guest guest Posted February 20, 2002 Report Share Posted February 20, 2002 I learned the hard way that indoor pools require about twice the amount of chlorine that outside ones do and that because they are enclosed it does not outgas at all. After joining a local health club a couple of years ago I ended up spending almost a month in bed with horrible joint pain and am still very sensitized to chlorine. We now have to use a filter on our shower for me to bathe in city water. Swimming was one of my favorite ways to exercise and now I am told that I may never be able to swim in a pool with chlorine in it again. ~jackie~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2002 Report Share Posted February 20, 2002 ----- Original Message ----- After joining a local health club a couple of years ago I ended up spending almost a month in bed with horrible joint pain and am still very sensitized to chlorine. We now have to use a filter on our shower for me to bathe in city water. Swimming was one of my favorite ways to exercise and now I am told that I may never be able to swim in a pool with chlorine in it again. ~jackie~ ---------------------------------------------- I was living in a house on the ocean that had a great hot tub and I thought it was really fun to go out on a cold ocean evening and do a hot tub and look at the ocean and the bay. Then, for no rational reason I started having neck aches and back aches. Then a guy came over to chat about raising red worms for the garden and he just out of the blue started talking about how he had been told that morning that he was getting too much chlorine in his bath water and that,, that was why he had so much neck and back pain. I had filters on my tub and shower, So I figured that the chlorine in the hot tub might be my problem and so I stopped the hot tubbing and my neck and back pain went away. I might add that I did not put any chlorine in the hot tub and I ran it for several days with the top off on high heat to remove as much as possible, and it had no chlorine smell to it at all, and still there was enough to be a problem. How ironic. They are supposed to ease our aches and pains, and instead they give us aches and pains. Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2002 Report Share Posted February 20, 2002 Dear Donna, Go with hydrogen peroxide. It is a superior disinfectant to chlorine, and it will positively benefit your body, instead of hurting it. Best of Health! Dr. Saul Pressman, DCh, LTOH ----------------------------------------------------------------- Reply-To: oxyplus To: <oxyplus > Subject: Re: Chlorine in Indoor Pools Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 12:06:14 -0800 ----- Original Message ----- After joining a local health club a couple of years ago I ended up spending almost a month in bed with horrible joint pain and am still very sensitized to chlorine. We now have to use a filter on our shower for me to bathe in city water. Swimming was one of my favorite ways to exercise and now I am told that I may never be able to swim in a pool with chlorine in it again. ~jackie~ ---------------------------------------------- I was living in a house on the ocean that had a great hot tub and I thought it was really fun to go out on a cold ocean evening and do a hot tub and look at the ocean and the bay. Then, for no rational reason I started having neck aches and back aches. Then a guy came over to chat about raising red worms for the garden and he just out of the blue started talking about how he had been told that morning that he was getting too much chlorine in his bath water and that,, that was why he had so much neck and back pain. I had filters on my tub and shower, So I figured that the chlorine in the hot tub might be my problem and so I stopped the hot tubbing and my neck and back pain went away. I might add that I did not put any chlorine in the hot tub and I ran it for several days with the top off on high heat to remove as much as possible, and it had no chlorine smell to it at all, and still there was enough to be a problem. How ironic. They are supposed to ease our aches and pains, and instead they give us aches and pains. Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2002 Report Share Posted February 20, 2002 I lived at a clothing optional apartment complex for ten years. The only place clothing was not an option was the swimming pool. This is because it is mostly the fabric of our swimsuits that absorbs & uses chlorine -- requiring that much higher levels of chlorine be used in the pool to counter the effect of swimsuits than is necessary for hygeine. And, considering the open nudity of the community, we chose to use the minimums of chlorine. Too bad we didn't know about ozone back then! jim Wayman/Seward wrote: > > I learned the hard way that indoor pools require about twice the amount of > chlorine that outside ones do and that because they are enclosed it does not > outgas at all. After joining a local health club a couple of years ago I > ended up spending almost a month in bed with horrible joint pain and am > still very sensitized to chlorine. We now have to use a filter on our > shower for me to bathe in city water. Swimming was one of my favorite ways > to exercise and now I am told that I may never be able to swim in a pool > with chlorine in it again. ~jackie~ -- " Roccy Raccoon is a stalker! " -- J. Clay Lambert jlambert@... http://www.entrance.to/madscience http://www.entrance.to/poetry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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