| A swimming pool by all means need to be | | | | suspiciously, led to what I experienced years later. |
| chlorinated. So to say. Chlorine when applied into | | | | Nasal Pharyngeal Cancer. Truly? Not proven. |
| the pool, reacts with water and breakdown into | | | | In 2002, I was given the opportunity to look into |
| many different chemicals. It formed chloramine by | | | | the non-chlorinated swimming pool system. Then |
| the reaction with ammonia. Chloramine causes the | | | | again in 2007, another 'natural pool' was |
| swimmers' irritated eyes and unpleasant odor in | | | | materialised in Bali with architect, Mr. Daryl Parker |
| swimming pool water. Other forms include | | | | supported by Mr. Antony Rhodes of Oriental |
| hypochlorous acid (HOCl) and hypochlorite ion | | | | & Occidental Developments. |
| (OCl-). These kill microorganisms and bacteria in | | | | Can a non-chlorinated swimming pool sustain itself? |
| water. But the highest risk is linked to exposure | | | | There are many products in the market |
| to a contaminant found in chlorinated water called | | | | confidently advertised their effectiveness in the |
| trihalomethanes (THMs) or chloroform which | | | | cleaning up the pool water of its pathogens, |
| forms when chlorine reacts with organic material. | | | | bacteria and many more unwanted characteristics |
| THMs are a widely recognized carcinogen. Cancer | | | | without the application of chlorine. How about |
| causing agent. | | | | water clarity. Swimming pools have to be |
| Researchers report a mean chloroform uptake of | | | | attractive as those seen with the application of |
| 25.8 [micro]g/h for a swimmer at rest and 176.8 | | | | chlorine displaying crystal clear water. |
| [micro]g/h) after 1 hour swimming. | | | | Non-chlorinated pool as those that I have seen |
| I loved to swim. I swam 3-4 times a week in my | | | | are 'dirty' looking with high concentration of |
| early 30s. Inhalation of chloroform during | | | | suspended algae. Truly not inviting if this water |
| swimming allows the uptake and exposure to this | | | | quality is what can only be achieved without the |
| hazardous chemical through the route that, | | | | use of chlorine. |