The Secret Danger of Chlorinated Swimming Pools

One recent research study published in the journal Pediatrics, discovered that kids who spend a great deal of time at indoor swimming pools during their childhood are more prone to developing asthma and other breathing problems as they grow older, compared to others who do not frequent indoor pools.

They are convinced that harmful gases trapped indoors from the chlorinated pools are to blame for the airway damage. The main culprit: trichloramine, or nitrogen trichloride, is created when chlorine reacts with ammonia, which can be found in the sweat and urine from swimmers.

Swimming is an excellent form of exercise and a vital life-saving skill for little ones. However, I don't recommend swimming in swimming pools, whether indoors or out, since your body absorbs more chlorine by swimming in a chlorinated pool than you would by drinking tap water for one week.

Some people don't have access to a lake, ocean or other natural body of water. In this case, use peroxide (not bromine). This is an alternative for chlorine in your private pool. A product called Baquacil is available at most pool stores that can do the job safely. If all else fails--try to stick with outdoor pools, as at least the fumes are whisked away by the open air.

Pediatrics 2007 Jun;119(6):1095-103

More Remarks:

In addition to what was stated above, it's important to remember that 90 percent of the bacteria in and around your body are vitally beneficial and necessary for you. Chlorine, like an antibiotic, destroys the good bacteria outside your body and in your gut when it is taken-in through unfiltered drinking / showering water. Chlorine can also be credited for:

- Eating through lead pipes.

- Corroding many types of metals.

- Harming cells and DNA of every living organism it comes into contact with.

Chlorine, like the article states above, also introduces to our pools and water supply some highly carcinogenic chemicals called trihalomethanes (THM’s). Other recent studies have also show a strong link between chlorinated water supplies with elevated THM levels and cancers of the bladder, kidney, liver, pancreas, GI tract, urinary tract, colon, and brain. Since chlorine eats though lead pipes, imagine what it's doing to your arteries! It's scaring them, of course, while contributing to heart disease.

- Dr. Matthew Loop

Author of Cracking the Cancer Code