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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/01/08/swimming-pool-chemicals-harmful-to-swimmers_n_6435464.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/01/08/swimming-pool-chemicals-harmful-to-swimmers_n_6435464.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
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<b><font size="6" color="#222222" face="Helvetica"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:25.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222;font-weight:bold">Harmful Chemicals Found In Swimming Pools, Including Flame Retardants And Insect Repellant<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#222222" face="Helvetica"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222">The Huffington Post UK | By
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/natasha-hinde/"><font color="#2ba6cb" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#2BA6CB;text-decoration:none">Natasha Hinde
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#222222" face="Helvetica"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#222222">Posted: 08/01/2015 12:49 GMT Updated: 08/01/2015 13:59 GMT
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.0pt"><font size="3" color="#222222" face="inherit"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#222222">As disgusting as it is, we all know that when you go
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/swimming/" target="_hplink"><font color="#2ba6cb"><span style="color:#2BA6CB;text-decoration:none">swimming</span></font></a> there's a high chance that somebody's relieved themselves in the pool. Yack.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.0pt"><font size="3" color="#222222" face="inherit"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#222222">Now a new study has found that urine could be the least of your worries, as
more harmful chemicals could be floating around in your local swimming haunt including insect repellant, caffeine and flame retardants.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.0pt"><font size="3" color="#222222" face="inherit"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#222222">All of these have the potential to be ingested by swimmers and pose a hazard
to their <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/health" target="_hplink">
<font color="#2ba6cb"><span style="color:#2BA6CB;text-decoration:none">health</span></font></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.0pt"><font size="3" color="#222222" face="inherit"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#222222">Previous research has shown that urine in pools can react with chlorine to create
potentially hazardous chemicals.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.0pt"><font size="3" color="#222222" face="inherit"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#222222">Now, a study by
<a href="http://www.purdue.edu/" target="_hplink"><font color="#2ba6cb"><span style="color:#2BA6CB;text-decoration:none">Purdue University</span></font></a> has revealed that chlorine could be reacting with body care products to create a similar effect.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.0pt"><font size="3" color="#222222" face="inherit"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#222222">Professor Ernest Blatchley from the Division of Environmental and Ecological
Engineering said: "The motivation for examining pharmaceuticals and personal care products is that there is this unknown potential for them to bring about undesired or unexpected effects in an exposed population."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.0pt"><font size="3" color="#222222" face="inherit"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#222222">"There are literally thousands of chemicals from pharmaceuticals and personal
care products that could be getting into swimming pool water."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.0pt"><font size="3" color="#222222" face="inherit"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#222222">Samples of water were taken from a variety of indoor swimming pools in the US.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.0pt"><font size="3" color="#222222" face="inherit"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#222222">Using a technique, which was developed by professor Ching-Hua Huang, of Georgia
Institute of Technology, they were able to identify and quantify 32 pharmaceuticals and personal care products in water.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.0pt"><font size="3" color="#222222" face="inherit"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#222222">Out of the 32 chemicals investigated, researchers found that there were three
which showed up more regularly. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.0pt"><font size="3" color="#222222" face="inherit"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#222222">These included Deet (which is found in insect repellants), caffeine and tri(2-chloroethyl)-phosphate
(TCEP) - a type of flame retardant.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.0pt"><font size="3" color="#222222" face="inherit"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#222222">"Swimmers are exposed to chemicals through three different routes: You can inhale,
you can ingest and it can go through your skin. So the exposure you receive in a swimming pool setting is potentially much more extensive than the exposure you would receive by just one route alone," Blatchley added:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.0pt"><font size="3" color="#222222" face="inherit"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#222222">He noted that he's unsure of what the consequences of this are for the human
body.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.0pt"><font size="3" color="#222222" face="inherit"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#222222">The study is published in the journal
<a href="http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/ez5003133" target="_hplink"><font color="#2ba6cb"><span style="color:#2BA6CB;text-decoration:none">Environmental Science and Technology Letters</span></font></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Deborah L. DeBiasi</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><b><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold">Email: Deborah.DeBiasi@deq.virginia.gov</span></font></b><b><i><font size="2" color="red"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:red;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic"><br>
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</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Virginia Department of Environmental Quality</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
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</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Industrial Pretreatment/Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Program</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">PPCPs, EDCs, and Microconstituents<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Mail: P.O. Box 1105, Richmond, VA 23218</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Location: 629 E. Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">PH: 804-698-4028 FAX: 804-698-4032<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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