The chlorine problem no one talks about

• Rashes & eczema — Chlorine strips your skin’s natural oils. For eczema sufferers, one swim can undo months of careful skin management.

• Burning eyes, blurred vision — Chlorine dissolves your eye’s protective tear film. Repeated exposure makes your eyes progressively more sensitive — not less.

• Breathing problems — Regular exposure to chlorinated pools raises the risk of asthma and respiratory allergies in both children and adults. (ACAAI)

• That “chlorine smell”? It’s contamination — The stench isn’t chlorine. It’s chloramines — formed when chlorine reacts with sweat, urine, and skin cells. The stronger the smell, the dirtier the water.

• 4,500+ hospitalisations — That’s how many people were admitted due to chlorine pool exposure in the US alone, between 2008–2017. (CDC)

• Quietly destroying your pool — Chlorine corrodes metal fittings, plumbing, and shell surfaces year after year — driving up maintenance costs and shortening your pool’s lifespan.

• 75% of pools are over-chlorinated — Most owners don’t even know it. Standard test kits lose accuracy above 3–4 ppm, masking levels that are actively harming swimmers and infrastructure. (ELTECH / Case Western Reserve University)