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SPN DEC 2010 IndustryNews
STA REVEALS NEW CORPORATE IDENTITY
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SWIMMING DOESN’T INCREASE ASTHMA THREAT SAYS NEW STUDY
Regular swimming in infancy and childhood does not increase children’s risk of developing asthma a new study has confirmed.
While swimming is recommended as a good form of exercise for people with asthma, some studies have suggested that the chlorine used to keep pools clean could actually contribute to the development of asthma. However, a team of European researchers now say this isn’t the case. In their analysis of data from 5,738 UK children, regular swimming was associated with better lung function and a lower risk of asthma symptoms, especially among children with pre-existing lung conditions.
STA has revealed a new corporate identity, as part of a strategy designed to reaffirm its position as the International Experts in Safety Training Solutions in four key areas – swimming teaching, lifesaving, First Aid and leisure management. Over the last few years, STA has expanded and is now established as an influential organisation at a national and international level. The new corporate identity symbolises this change and recognises the importance of the Association’s four business areas.
Roger Millward, STA’s Chief Executive says; “STA is a serious and professional organisation, respected worldwide for its expertise and we needed a fresh, new corporate image that reflects this positioning. Strategically, the change provides STA with the
opportunity to simplify how it presents the different areas of the organisation using four new business icons for Swimming Teaching, Lifesaving, First Aid and Leisure Management.”
STA’s iconic logo remains central to the new design that now features a dramatic and dynamic water wave. The water wave serves to represent the STA’s core strength in delivering aquatic training and management solutions.
The new corporate identity has been incorporated into the website and will gradually be incorporated into all STA marketing and printed materials over the coming months.
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Bristol-based researcher Professor John Henderson teamed up with researchers from Spain and Greece to examine data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children cohort of British children. The researchers had access to extensive information on the children’s lung health, allergies and symptoms of wheezing and asthma. Parents also provided information on their children’s swimming habits at seven different points beginning from the age of six months until they were seven years old. The researchers found that regular swimming was associated with a lower prevalence of asthma at age seven. They also discovered that children who had wheezed before age three and a half were less likely to develop asthma by age seven if they swam. Children who swam regularly also tended to have better lung function.
A number of studies in the past have suggested that swimming might cause asthma through repeated exposure to chlorine and other chemicals. This theory has been strengthened by the high incidence of asthma among elite swimmers. However, other scientists have argued that this is due to reverse causation – children with asthma are often encouraged to take up swimming rather than other sports.
Dr Elaine Vickers, Research Relations Manager at Asthma UK, comments: “This is the first study examining the relationship between swimming and asthma where the information has been collected from children who have been monitored over many years.
“This large, well-designed study therefore suggests that swimming regularly in chlorinated pools does not cause asthma in children, but can in fact improve their lung health.”
The study’s findings were published online in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine in October 2010. The scientists leading the ALSPAC study recruited 14,541 pregnant women from Avon, UK. The parents have provided information on their children’s health and activities since birth.
A study published by Environmental Science & Technology magazine in the USA has found that the chemicals commonly used to disinfect pool water can pose serious health risks for swimmers. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois, shows that exposure to by- products of chemical disinfection can cause early ageing, birth defects, asthma and bladder cancer. The findings suggest that the best method of pool disinfection is a combination of ultra violet treatment and chlorine, rather than the traditional method of chlorine treatment alone. Hanovia offers a safer method of non-chemical pool water disinfection with its UV systems. Water circulating through the pool is exposed to a specific spectrum of UV light, which is absorbed by microorganisms’ DNA, resulting in permanent,
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irreparable inactivation of the microorganism. UV light initiates photo-chemical and photo- oxidation reactions that destroy chloramines, the by- products of chlorine disinfection. This reduces the associated health risks along with unpleasant odours, eye and skin irritation, and corrosion to structures. Chlorine is still required for residual disinfection, but pools using a UV system require up to 90% less chlorine than pools without UV.
Hanovia systems monitor and adjust UV lamp output to appropriate levels, while automatic wipers keep the quartz sleeves surrounding the UV lamps clean and power switching ensures UV output varies according to demand, ensuring optimum performance at all times.
The systems are compact and can usually be installed within existing pipe work. The only regular
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maintenance is an annual service at which the lamp is changed.
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