subject: Chlorinated Water In Swimming Pools - The Cause Of The Epidemic Of Allergy [print this page] Banal lack of normal toilets in some parts of the globe is water pollution and deprives people of access to clean water. Nearly 900 million people on the planet are not able to drink clean water, and about 2.5 billion can not use the usual for us sanitation condition. These shocking figures released in UN. That is why chlorinated water in the basin became a common deal. But, whether it is good?
Swimming in chlorinated water in the basin can lead to an increase in cases of deterioration of children susceptible to asthma and allergies. That is the conclusion drawn by researchers analyzed the health status of adolescents regularly attending swimming pool.
"Recent data clearly indicate that stimulation of the respiratory tract during a voyage in chlorinated water has a direct impact on the development of asthma and respiratory allergies such as hay fever and allergic rhinitis", - said Dr. Alfred Bernard (Alfred Bernard), toxicologist from the Catholic University in Luven, Belgium, in an interview with Reuters.
"The influence of these chemicals on the respiratory health of children and adolescents appears to be much more significant than, for example, passive smoking" - continued the scientist. Given the results of previous studies on this topic, then "there is little doubt as to whether the important factor influencing the epidemic of allergic diseases, sweeping the world, is a chlorine", - the expert added.
In the current study, Bernard, together with colleagues compared the health of 733 adolescents aged 13 to 18 who are from different frequency swam in pools with chlorinated water, with a control group of 114 teenagers who were swimming in pools, sanitizing of which was made with concentrated silver or copper. Children are sensitive to allergies and swimming in pools with chlorinated water, are much more likely sick with asthma and allergic respiratory diseases, found Bernard.
The risk of developing asthma and allergies didn't increase in children who swim in pools, sanitizing which was performed with the help of copper or silver. "The only plausible explanation for this is that the toxic chlorine-based compounds that are in the water or were in the air above the water, causing changes in respiratory ways that lead to the development of allergic diseases ", - said Dr. Bernard. "It is unlikely that countries with the highest prevalence of asthma and respiratory allergies are also the countries where the most popular swimming pools, - a mere coincidence", - concluded the expert.
