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The use of Chlorine and Bromine in Swimming Pools

Why are they used?

Chlorine and Bromine are used in swimming pools

both to balance pH levels and kill bacteria

Bacteria like:

-Giardia

-E.Coli

-Legionella

-Shigella

These are the most common bacterias that grow in our swimming pools

Which one is better?

The two chemicals react differently in water;

Chlorine tends to dissolve the bacteria and itself along with it and flushes out the water as it dissolves

Bromine neutralizes the bacterial content of the pool continuously and stays present in the water for much longer.

What is chlorine?

- Chlorine is a highly reactive gas.

- It is a naturally occurring element

- It is a great disinfectant

Where and why is it used?

Water and waste-water treatment plants use chlorine to reduce water levels of microorganisms that can spread disease to humans.Chlorine is used for many purposes a very common one is to be used in pools to disinfect and purify the water.

The reason for this is that it's very effective at killing contaminants and yet is relatively easy to use.

Swimming pool chlorine reacts with the pool water to produce hydrochloric acid and hydrochlorous acid.

Hydrochlorous acid is chlorine's active form and is able to kill the bacteria and harmful organisms within the water.

The pure chemical element has the physical form of a diatomic green gas.

Chlorine gas is two and one half times as heavy as air, has an intensely disagreeable suffocating odor, and is exceedingly poisonous.

In its liquid and solid form it is a powerful oxidizing, bleaching, and disinfecting agent.

What is Bromine?

Bromine is a halogen with similar chemical makeup to chlorine, another commonly used pool sanitation product.

Bromine is used more frequently than in the past because it was found to be cheaper to manufacture than chlorine.

Where and why is it used?

Bromine is used in industry to make organobromo compounds.

A major one was dibromoethane an agent for leaded gasoline, it was discontinued due to environmental problems.

Other organobromines are used as insecticides, in fire extinguishers and to make pharmaceuticals.

Bromine is used in making fumigants, dyes, flameproofing agents, water purification compounds, sanitizes, medicinals, agents for photography and in brominates vegetable oil, used as emulsifier in many citrus-flavored soft drinks.

Bromine is often used when sensitive skin is an issue, as the bleach components of chlorine are very harsh on certain skin types and can cause excessive dryness.

Bromine dissolves better than Chlorine in warmer water and it has a much longer disinfecting period, therefore keeping the water cleaner for longer periods of time.

The Pro's and Con's of Chlorine

The Con's

* Causes many cancers, produces cancer causing bacteria

*Causes atherosclerosis, stroke and heart attack

*Causes skin to premature

*Damages the human eye

*Causes bladder, breast, testicular, colon, or rectal and bowel cancer.

*Damages lung tissue

*Causes acne

*Converts to dioxins - the most dangerous of cancer causing chemicals and which build up permanently within a person's body causing infertility and birth defects

*Damages the nervous system permanently

The Pro's

Cheaper

Easier to use

Dissolves better in colder pools

The Pro's and Con's of Bromine

The Con's

*If spilled on skin it produces painful sores

* Is Toxic

* Not capable of controlling organic contaminations

* Water builds a resistance to chemical which forms a type of water mold or slime.

* Has an unpleasant odor

* Vapor will attack the eyes and lungs

* Causes cancer

* Damages the skin

* Damages the liver

* Causes depression and brain damages

* Bromine vapors are known to reduce male sperm count, causes malformed sperm resulting in birth defects and causes male infertility

The Pro's

Less needed to disinfect pools

Less skin irritation

Lasts longer than chlorine

You must be careful of what chemicals you store them with...

They are HIGHLY reactive with:

- Gasoline

-Petroleum

-Ammonia

-Sulfur

-Acetylene

Chlorine and Bromine affect the environment around them as well...

When animals consume concentrated amounts of these chemicals,

it can cause them to experience nerve damage, heart problems, lung problems, and cause them to develop cancer.

What Does All This Mean?

No matter which chemical disinfectant you use, there is never really a safe and healthy way for you to expose yourself to it. Both Bromine and Chlorine cause Cancers, Heart complications, Asthma and many more health issues.

Chlorine and Bromine both have their advantages and disadvantages but the more safer and less harmful one in our opinion is Bromine.

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