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Article #2Re: Can anything survive in a chlorinated pool?
From: tom c.
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 00:00
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In message <51jpcu$dob@net.bio.net> - scanner@dial.pipex.com (Peter)16 Sep 1996 07:49:02 -0700 writes: ] ]Hello, ] ]Our 3yr old boy has had 3 lots of tonsillitis, all within a 2 month ]period. ] ]As antibiotics appear to have worked each time within 5 days or so, ]the cause would appear to be a bacterium rather than a virus. ] ]We have a domestic swimming pool, correctly chlorinated, temp about ]27-28C, and each illness started within 1-2 days of him having a ]splash in the pool. ] ]Is it possible for something in the pool to be causing this? I could ]"try it" for a 4th time, but he really suffers and it looks like there ]is a good correlation. However, I use the pool a lot, with no ill ]effects. I can drain the pool but don't want to do it unnecessarily as ]it costs about $300 in water to refill. ] ]Any feedback is much appreciated. Please copy reply by e-mail. Thank ]you. ] ]Peter. Well....there is an easy test -keep him out of the pool and see if he still gets the infection That hot temperature could lower the effectiveness of the chlorine -he may be doing something related to using the pool.... you could try super chlorinating the pool periodically
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