WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, February 20. RECENTLY, researchers at Purdue University have released results of new research into indoor swimming pool conditions.
The Purdue researchers have claimed to discover a link between the interaction of chlorine with sweat and urine in indoor swimming pools to respiratory irritation byproducts in the air, according to various media reports including AZObuild.com.
"Some indoor swimming pools seem to have a characteristic chlorine odor," said Purdue environmental engineering professor Ernest R. Blatchley III. "You may think you're smelling chlorine, but you are probably smelling a mixture of disinfection byproducts. If their concentrations get high enough, then they can become an irritant to your respiratory system, to your skin and to your eyes."
As stated in the article, "the problem received national attention last summer when the U.S. National Swimming Championships in Indianapolis were interrupted after swimmers experienced difficulty breathing."
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