A chlorine rash is a reaction to chlorine, which is often added to pool water to help disinfect it. Some preventive steps, including bathing after exposure, may reduce symptoms. Chlorine is an ...

The pungent smell of chlorine at your local swimming pool may reassure you that the chemicals used to kill germs and bacteria are working. You may even find the smell 'nostalgic' and be ...

Four people have been taken to hospital after being exposed to ‘excess chlorine’ at a day spa and ... a mixture of some chemicals within the [pool's] systems'. East Midlands Ambulance Service ...

What's more, saltwater pools still use chlorine. They generate chlorine from ... water and make it slightly alkaline, which can cause rashes. You can lower pH with muriatic acid like this from ...

For the most part, that is OK. In recreational pools chlorine is used to kill germs although it can take its sweet time killing some of them. However, in 1999-2000, more than 2,000 recreational ...