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Is complete
allergy free
swimming
achievable?
The public’s concern about the affects of chlorine on swimmers young
and old has never been higher. This summer even more cases of
children being affected by chlorine in swimming pools only added to
the concern. Three new studies on its affect on asthma are due early in
2010. One of the key challenges for the pool industry is the need to be
more convinced about the use of allergy friendly, chlorine free
chemicals for the UK’s public and private swimming pools
NORWAY LEADS THE WAY WITH CHLORINE FREE POLICY
PoolSan, a chlorine-free pool treatment level of disinfection required for public
has proved such a hit in Norway after a pools and spas.
full set of swimming pool trials that it has The official report from the Institute of
been selected for use in the country’s Public Health concluded the combination of
commercial pools and spas. the two components, PoolSan and PoolSan
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health Regenerator will together accomplish the
carried out the tests on PoolSan after same function in public pools as chlorine to
reports of successful trials at the ISRM both disinfect and oxidise the organic
certificated Leatherhead Leisure Centre. pollution. The two components will be as
The Institute tested the product at easy to monitor as chlorine.
three different facilities in Norway. The The result of the investigation is that
report stated PoolSan is an acid mix throughout Norway, public pools and spas
consisting of copper, zinc, aluminium, have been told to move away from chlorine
silver and gold. The disinfecting effect of to the eco-friendly PoolSan alternative.
silver and copper in combination is well Celina Brown of PoolSan Direct,
documented but these two alone would commercial distributor for PoolSan in the
not be strong enough to be used as a UK said: “It’s good for the brand that
disinfection media in public pools which PoolSan has received approval as a
fall under Norway’s rules and regulations. commercial chlorine replacement. The
The proportions between copper and testing in Norway is very stringent and it
silver in PoolSan is such the effect of took a long time for the approval to come
silver would be very small if the through as this is the first time a total
disinfecting effect was based only on alternative to chlorine in public pools has
those two components. been endorsed by the Institute of Public
The patented blend of ions in PoolSan Health. The Norwegians are very forward
are more effective than copper and silver thinking when it comes to environmental
alone and when used with the chlorine matters and reducing hazardous chemical
free PoolSan Regenerator, achieve the usage is a priority for them.”
62 Swimming Pool News October 09 Digital edition available at www.swimmingpoolnews.co.uk
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