The pungent smell of chlorine at your local swimming pool may reassure you that the chemicals used to kill germs and bacteria are working. You may even find the smell 'nostalgic' and be ...

A chlorine rash is a reaction to chlorine, which is often added to pool water to help disinfect it. Some preventive steps, including bathing after exposure, may reduce symptoms. Chlorine is an ...

For the most part, that is OK. In recreational pools chlorine is used to kill germs although it can take its sweet time killing some of them. However, in 1999-2000, more than 2,000 recreational ...

It was an inconvenient week for the Litchfield High School pool to be closed. Inadequate chlorine levels in the water resulted in the pool being shut down for three days, according to LHS ...

EThekwini Municipality has apologised for the inconvenience caused by the closure of the pools, saying that the situation was beyond their control.