I've spent hours searching the web for a directory of "chlorine-free" pools (eg ozone/uv/salt) that are open to the public.
Since there doesn't seem to be any such directory, I decided to work on making one. If you know of any pools in your area that use alternative treatments, please let me know.
I'm going to compile all the information as a free resource here:
piscinasana.blogspot.com
(You can post directly to there if you prefer.)
Thanks!
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thanks for posting those locations, porcupine and newmasterswimmer.
as you probably already know, rich, even though pools with alternative treatments generally have chlorine, they are at much lower (and hence safer) levels. there are even a few pools out there with no chlorine at all. in many cases the chlorine is there, not because it is needed, but because government health requirements are too archaic to account for new treatments that often don't need chlorine at all. sometimes it's just the result of the person in charge of pool maintenance being distrustful of new-fangled science. incidentally, bromine, being in the same chemical family as chlorine, has just about as many undesirable health effects and i've read some very sketchy stuff about phmb.
as peter jests: it's all about minimizing exposure; hence, the quotation marks around "chlorine-free." chlorine-lite might be more accurate, but certainly not the ultimate goal.
anyone else know of some "chlorine-free"/chlorine-lite pools out there?
thanks for posting those locations, porcupine and newmasterswimmer.
as you probably already know, rich, even though pools with alternative treatments generally have chlorine, they are at much lower (and hence safer) levels. there are even a few pools out there with no chlorine at all. in many cases the chlorine is there, not because it is needed, but because government health requirements are too archaic to account for new treatments that often don't need chlorine at all. sometimes it's just the result of the person in charge of pool maintenance being distrustful of new-fangled science. incidentally, bromine, being in the same chemical family as chlorine, has just about as many undesirable health effects and i've read some very sketchy stuff about phmb.
as peter jests: it's all about minimizing exposure; hence, the quotation marks around "chlorine-free." chlorine-lite might be more accurate, but certainly not the ultimate goal.
anyone else know of some "chlorine-free"/chlorine-lite pools out there?
