| Document ID (ISN) | 101769 |
| CIS number |
03-828 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1877-7856 - Encyclopédie médico-chirurgicale |
| Year |
2001 |
| Convention or series no. |
Fascicule Fa-16-002-C-30
|
| Author(s) |
Héry M., Massin N., Gagnaire F. |
| Title |
Chlorine and swimming pools |
| Original title |
Chlore et piscines [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Toxicologie-Pathologie professionnelle, 2nd Quarter 2001, No.131, 3p. Illus. 6 ref. |
| Abstract |
Disinfection of swimming-pool water is usually carried out by using chlorine, which reacts with nitrogen-containing substances from bathers to form chloramines, and in particular nitrogen trichloride, a highly-volatile substance that causes eye and respiratory irritations often encountered by swimming-pool staff. Technical solutions exist for lowering the atmospheric concentration of this substance to levels below 0.3-0.5mg/m3 which generally give rise to complaints. Contents of this information sheet on chlorine and swimming pools: formation of chloramines; irritating properties of nitrogen trichloride; methods of sampling and analysis of nitrogen trichloride; exposure levels in different types of swimming pools; effects of exposure to nitrogen trichloride on health; aeration for eliminating nitrogen trichloride. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
chlorine; France; chlorine and compounds; swimming pools; health hazards; disinfectants |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
nitrogen trichloride; occupational hygiene; irritants; symptoms; sensitizers; data sheet; permissible levels; exposure evaluation; gas freeing; sampling and analysis; encyclopaedia; limitation of exposure |
| Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
| Country / State or Province | France |
| Subject(s) |
Toxic and dangerous substances
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Inorganic substances
Halogens and their inorganic compounds
Entertainment services and sports
|
