There are some of those summer days that are just so hot and humid and you just want to jump in the pool full of glimmering sky blue water. It may seem that everything’s all happy and splashy until someone gets sick.
Water Contaminants
Most of the pools we swim and perform recreational activities on are chlorinated. Chlorine is a strong anti-bacterial and anti-viral agent; yes it’s good for cleaning and most of the time does not cause problems. The concentrated cleaning agent is diluted in a large pool of water and if you know what is best, drinking too much pool water is not a good idea.
Though drinking small amounts of pool water is harmless, ingesting or inhaling water can cause serious problems when the chlorine builds up. Now you’re thinking, “why not just go and dip at some local pond?”, because there more microbes there that can kill you and even eat your brain like a rare strain of amoeba.
The chlorine can do most of the job, but it is not a hundred percent. Kiddie pools in particular have a really nasty reputation when it comes to microbial concentration. Kid’s diapers don’t actually help in containing urine and feces when in contact with water; chlorine can’t accommodate and dissolve such filth in an instant.
Water that reeks of chlorine is clean water as most of us think; in reality, it is the opposite. When microbes, urine, sweat and other contaminants come in contact with chlorine molecules, they bind together and evaporate and that causes the smell; clean water is odour free.
Ingestion and Inhalation
It is either you get sick of too much chlorine or some other microbes that the chlorine failed to remove. When in a pool, avoid drinking the water as much as possible; unless it’s your own backyard pool, but still. If the case is you’re swimming in your own backyard pool, make sure you have proper chlorination, PH levels and a good pool filter that you could get installed with the help of plumbers in Sydney.
Ingesting large quantities of chlorinated water can induce symptoms similar to food poisoning; these symptoms include vomiting, nausea and diarrhea. But ingesting is not the only problem with chlorinated water, inhalation of it is much worse.
If you’re a big fan of diving feet first or just love horsing around the pool, you are more prone to inhalation of water. When water enters your lungs and they can’t spew it out by coughing; you get in a bigger pinch of secondary drowning.
So before you get your kids in the water make sure you warn them about the risks and never let them off your sight. The same goes for you and other family members, as the old saying goes “better safe than sorry”.
Water Contaminants
Most of the pools we swim and perform recreational activities on are chlorinated. Chlorine is a strong anti-bacterial and anti-viral agent; yes it’s good for cleaning and most of the time does not cause problems. The concentrated cleaning agent is diluted in a large pool of water and if you know what is best, drinking too much pool water is not a good idea.
Though drinking small amounts of pool water is harmless, ingesting or inhaling water can cause serious problems when the chlorine builds up. Now you’re thinking, “why not just go and dip at some local pond?”, because there more microbes there that can kill you and even eat your brain like a rare strain of amoeba.
The chlorine can do most of the job, but it is not a hundred percent. Kiddie pools in particular have a really nasty reputation when it comes to microbial concentration. Kid’s diapers don’t actually help in containing urine and feces when in contact with water; chlorine can’t accommodate and dissolve such filth in an instant.
Water that reeks of chlorine is clean water as most of us think; in reality, it is the opposite. When microbes, urine, sweat and other contaminants come in contact with chlorine molecules, they bind together and evaporate and that causes the smell; clean water is odour free.
Ingestion and Inhalation
It is either you get sick of too much chlorine or some other microbes that the chlorine failed to remove. When in a pool, avoid drinking the water as much as possible; unless it’s your own backyard pool, but still. If the case is you’re swimming in your own backyard pool, make sure you have proper chlorination, PH levels and a good pool filter that you could get installed with the help of plumbers in Sydney.
Ingesting large quantities of chlorinated water can induce symptoms similar to food poisoning; these symptoms include vomiting, nausea and diarrhea. But ingesting is not the only problem with chlorinated water, inhalation of it is much worse.
If you’re a big fan of diving feet first or just love horsing around the pool, you are more prone to inhalation of water. When water enters your lungs and they can’t spew it out by coughing; you get in a bigger pinch of secondary drowning.
So before you get your kids in the water make sure you warn them about the risks and never let them off your sight. The same goes for you and other family members, as the old saying goes “better safe than sorry”.