Chlorinated Pools Causing Childhood Asthma?

Indoor swimming pools might be contributing to increased cases of asthma.
The GLRC’s Lester Graham reports on a new study that makes a connection between chlorinated pools and the risk of asthma:

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Indoor swimming pools might be contributing to increased cases of asthma.
The GLRC’s Lester Graham reports on a new study that makes a connection between
chlorinated pools and the risk of asthma:


The study looked at kids who attended indoor chlorinated pools on a regular basis.
They found the more children are exposed to the chlorine fumes, the greater their
risk of asthma.


The study was conducted in Brussels. But, the authors suggest
the results could be duplicated in most wealthy Western nations. In the U.S., as in most
industrialized countries, asthma has become the most common chronic childhood disease.
Children in wealthier countries tend to get asthma at a rate ten times that of children
in other countries.


This is the first study to suggest that breathing the chlorine fumes trapped
in indoor pools might be part of the reason. The study was published online
in Environmental Health Perspectives by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.


For the GLRC, this is Lester Graham.

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