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Question from chantallepieu

I read the information you provided regarding your hydrogen peroxide swimming pool. Thank you so much for making your research data available to us. If I ever buy a pool, I will know what to use to safely keep the pool clean.

In the meanwhile, I have been looking for a safe pool to swim in and only found a bromine pool at a local gym. My questions, after reading your article, are: is bromine just as toxic as chlorine and is it carcinogenic?

Chantal

Debra’s Answer

Here’s a description of the health and environmental effects of bromine from the website of a water treatment company in the Netherlands:

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