Swimming in chlorinated swimming pools may increase the risk a child will develop symptoms of asthma, a new European study suggests.
In Monday’s online issue of the journal Pediatrics, researchers found teenagers who spent more than 1,000 hours swimming in chlorinated pools showed more than eight times the risk of having asthma as teens who mainly swam in pools disinfected with another method.
To read more, check out the article at http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/14/asthma-chlorine-pools.html.
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