I started swimming workouts at a new indoor pool recently. They use a different type of chlorine/disinfectant system (the water tastes a bit salty), and I don't know how much ventilation they have. I've developed a cough at the end of each workout. And after working out yesterday evening, my lungs HURT a lot when I woke up this morning (they felt like they did on smoggy days in Southern California when I was a kid). I haven't had this problem at any other pool I've swum in--indoor and outdoor.
Have any other folks here heard of or experienced lung pain/injury and coughing being caused by indoor pool air or particular types of chlorine? Thanks.
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Chlorine gas is deadly if you breathe enough of it. My father who is a chemical engineer was taken to the hospital with significant breathing problems after a tank car transporting chlorine gas leaked and he was exposed to it. I think I remember this from my high school chemstry: A way to test if there is any significant amount of the gas in the air is to spritz some ammonia into the air, if there is a white cloud will form briefly.
I've heard that there is a new system which passes ozone through the water. Anyone out there have experience with that?
Chlorine gas is deadly if you breathe enough of it. My father who is a chemical engineer was taken to the hospital with significant breathing problems after a tank car transporting chlorine gas leaked and he was exposed to it. I think I remember this from my high school chemstry: A way to test if there is any significant amount of the gas in the air is to spritz some ammonia into the air, if there is a white cloud will form briefly.
I've heard that there is a new system which passes ozone through the water. Anyone out there have experience with that?
