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The effect of saline on the eye irritation caused by swimming-pool water

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Ragnar Rylander ,
Katarina Victorin  and
Stefan Sörensen
Ragnar Rylander
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Hygiene, Karolinska Institute, and National Environment Protection Board, Stockholm, Sweden
Katarina Victorin
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Hygiene, Karolinska Institute, and National Environment Protection Board, Stockholm, Sweden
Stefan Sörensen
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Hygiene, Karolinska Institute, and National Environment Protection Board, Stockholm, Sweden
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In laboratory experiments the acute eye irritation produced by exposure to tap water was not significantly increased when chlorine compounds were added to the water at concentrations of 1 mg./l. The greatest irritation was produced by 2 mg. Cl2/1. as NH2C1. The addition of NaCl at concentrations above about 0·5% abolished the irritant effect of tap water, and prevented irritation even when 1 mg. Cl2/1. was present.

In a field experiment involving two swimming baths, one with fresh and the other with saline water (0·5 % NaCl), eye irritation in the saline bath was significantly lower than in the freshwater bath only when the swimming time did not exceed 30 min.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 71 , Issue 3 , September 1973 , pp. 587 - 592
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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