Washington, March 27: Researchers have reported that when urine and chlorine are mixed, they can form substances that can cause potential health problems.
Jing Li, Ernest Blatchley III, and colleagues note that adding chlorine to pool water is the most common way to kill disease-causing microbes and prevent swimmers from getting sick.
But as people swim, splash, play - and pee - in the pool, chlorine mixes with sweat and urine and makes other substances. Two of these compounds, including trichloramine (NCl3) and cyanogen chloride (CNCl), are ubiquitous in swimming pools.
The first one is associated with lung problems, and the second one can also affect the lungs, as well as the heart and central nervous system..
Jing Li, Ernest Blatchley III, and colleagues note that adding chlorine to pool water is the most common way to kill disease-causing microbes and prevent swimmers from getting sick.
But as people swim, splash, play - and pee - in the pool, chlorine mixes with sweat and urine and makes other substances. Two of these compounds, including trichloramine (NCl3) and cyanogen chloride (CNCl), are ubiquitous in swimming pools.
The first one is associated with lung problems, and the second one can also affect the lungs, as well as the heart and central nervous system..
- 3/27/2014
- by Meeta Kabra
- RealBollywood.com
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