Purapool Chlorine Free Pool Systems

The Benefits of PuraPool Chlorine Free pool

No more burning eyes !
No more dry and damaged hair !
No more toxic chemical smell !
No more handling of toxic chlorine !
No more cloudy water !

Protect Your Family from Toxic Pool Chemicals

With chemical maintenance of your pool, the mere drying of the skin, the burning of the eyes and smell of the water alone should alert you to the health and environmental risks associated with the chemical treatment of water.

The result?

Clean, crystal clear water for less money than any other sanitizing system on the market today!

Crystal Clear, Pure Water

These are all very good reasons to convert to a Purapool system. But none are nearly as important as providing your family and friends with the opportunity to enjoy your pool without having to be exposed to the health hazards associated with chlorine and other toxic chemicals. NEED LICENCED IMAGE OF BABY IN WATER OR FAMILY

Chlorine produces many risks which are not always obvious to the swimmer. Chlorine reacts with organics and produces Trihalomethanes (THMs). These are absorbed through the skin or simply by swallowing the pool water itself.

Government health studies have linked this exposure with cancer, organ damage, colon damage, and other health problems. After a day of swimming do you notice a weezing feeling in your lungs and a shortness of breath? Studies have shown that competitive swimmer's lung enzymes are similar to a person who smokes 1-2 packs of cigarettes per day!!

Why Risk Long-Term Health Effects!

Breast Cancer & Why Chlorine is a Larger Problem Than You Might Realize!

Breast cancer, which now effects one in every eight women in North America, has recently been linked to the accumulation of CHLORINE COMPOUNDS IN THE BREAST TISSUE. A study carried out in Hartford, Connecticut, the first of it's kind in North America, found that women with breast cancer have 50% to 60% HIGHER LEVELS OF ORGANOCHLORINES (chlorination byproducts) in their breast tissue than women without breast cancer!

ORGANOCHLORINES:

"Any chemical composed of carbon and hydrogen atoms and chlorine."

Organochlorines persist in body fat for years.

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MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN:

Dr. Robert Morris and colleagues at the Medical College of Wisconsin concluded after examination of 10 previous studies on the cancer-causing abilities of chlorinated water:

"There is a clear pattern between consumption of chlorinated water and rectal and bladder cancer." --Dr. Robert Morris

(Dr. Robert Morris has been the featured health/water expert on "Dateline NBC" and was a key presenter at the WQA National Show in March 1995.)

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH:

Halina Szejnwlad Brown, Donna Bishop and Carol Rowan contrast their estimates of skin absorption versus drinking for three toxic chemicals.

Their analyses were based on data published for the hand. One of the least porous areas of the body. Their most surprising finding was that for a swimmer, between 83 percent and 91 percent of the chemicals entering the body came through the skin.

THE WASHINGTON POST

The EPA has raised skin absorption of chlorine to its top 10 carcinogen watch list.
June 1994

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Evironmental issues

CHLORINATION RESEARCH

BLOOD AND BREATH ANALYSES AS BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS OF EXPOSURE TO TRIHALOMETHANES IN INDOOR SWIMMING POOLS Aggazzotti, G., Fantuzzi, G., Righi, E., & Predieri, G. (1998) Science of the Total Environment, 217, 155-163.

CHLORINE PRODUCT ABSORPTION IN SWIMMERS IS GREATEST VIA THE SKIN Lindstrom, A.B., Pleil, J.D., & Berkoff, D.C. (1997). Alveolar breath sampling and analysis to assess trihalomethane exposures during competitive swimming training. Environmental Health Perspectives, 105(6), 636-642

EXERCISING INCREASES THE TOXICITY OF A "SAFE" CHLORINATED POOL ATMOSPHERE Drobnic, F., Freixa, A., Casan, P., Sanchis, J., & Guardino, X. (1996). Assessment of chlorine exposure in swimmers during training. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 28(2), 271-274.

AMOUNT OF EXERCISE IS RELATED TO CHLORINE-RELATED CONCENTRATIONS IN THE BODY Cammann, K., & Hubner, K. (1995). Trihalomethane concentrations in swimmers' and bath attendants' blood and urine after swimming or working in indoor swimming pools. Archives of Environmental Health, 50(1), 61-65

YOUNG SWIMMERS AT GREATEST HEALTH RISK IN CHLORINATED INDOOR POOLS Aiking, H., van Acker, M.B., Scholten, R.J., Feenstra, J.F., & Valkenburg, H.A. (1994). Swimming pool chlorination: a health hazard? Toxicology Letters, 72(1-3), 375-380.

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CHLORINATION RESEARCH

CHLORINATOR TABLETS POSE HEALTH RISKS Wood, B.R., Colombo, J.L., Benson, B.E. (1987). Chlorine inhalation toxicity from vapours generated by swimming pool chlorinator tablets. Paediatrics, 79(3), 427-430.

DENTAL ENAMEL EROSION INCREASED IN COMPETITIVE SWIMMERS IN CHLORINATED POOLS Centerwall, B.S., Armstrong, C.W., Funkhouser, L.S., & Elzay, R.P. (1986). Erosion of dental enamel among competitive swimmers at a gas-chlorinated swimming pool. American Journal of Epidemiology, 123(4), 641-647.

BRONCHOSPASM IN COMPETITIVE SWIMMERS Reuters Health, March 21, 2001. A study presented [03/20/2001] in New Orleans at the 57th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, strongly suggested that swimming pool environments adversely affect the lung function of competitive swimmers.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES

1. Beech, J.A., Diaz, R., Ordaz, C., & Palomeque, B. (1980). Nitrates, chlorates and trihalomethanes in swimming pool water. American Journal of Public Health, 70(1), 79-82.

2. Mustchin, C.P., & Pickering, C.A. (1979). "Coughing water": bronchial hyper-reactivity induced by swimming in a chlorinated pool. Thorax, 34(5), 682-683.

3. Decker, W.J., & Koch, H.F. (1978). Chlorine poisoning at the swimming pool: an overlooked hazard. Clinical Toxicology, 13(3), 377-381.

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Nothing Compares to a Purapool

Below we have listed the most common alternatives for sanitizing pool and spa water. You can decide for yourself what system you would like to use in your pool.

Salt Systems

Salt generators is to create chlorine from salt. While salt generators require that you purchase salt instead of chlorine, you are still swimming in chlorine and you will experience all of the problems you will experience swimming in a chlorine pool. Salt generators are expensive devices and consume a lot of electrical current by applying a high voltage across a cell. The amount of chlorine produced is such a small amount that the system must run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. What you think you are saving from buying chlorine is lost by the electrical consumption.

Ozone Generators

Ozone generators use ultra-violet light to kill bacteria. To be effective, the pool pump must run almost all of the time.

Ozone units designed for swimming pools are very expensive and draw a lot of electric current. These units are better suited for spas but are not practical for the volume of water in most swimming pools. Even the best ozone units will not totally eliminate the need for chlorine or other chemical oxidizing agents in the pool water.

Chlorine Chemicals

Chlorine is still the most popular means of sanitizing swimming pool water. It does an excellent job sanitizing water, but it does so at a huge price. Chlorine is a very caustic, corrosive chemical. It is effective because it attacks anything organic. Unfortunately, it also attacks the skin, hair, and eyes of the humans swimming in it. Chlorine is toxic and hazardous to handle, ingest or breathe.