Pathways of trihalomethane uptake in swimming pools

• Published in: International journal of hygiene and environmental health Vol. 207; no. 6; pp. 571 - 575
• Main Authors: Erdinger, Lothar, Kühn, Klaus Peter, Kirsch, Frank, Feldhues, Rita, Fröbel, Tobias, Nohynek, Benjamin, Gabrio, Thomas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Elsevier GmbH 2004
• Subjects: Adult; Air Pollutants - blood; Air Pollutants - metabolism; Blood analysis; chloroform; disinfection by-product; Environmental Monitoring; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; scuba diver; Skin Absorption; Swimming Pools; Trihalomethanes - blood; Trihalomethanes - metabolism; Water Pollutants, Chemical - blood; Water Pollutants, Chemical - metabolism; Water Purification; Blood analysis; chloroform; scuba diver; disinfection by-product

Chlorination of pool water leads to the formation of numerous disinfection by-products (DBPs), chloroform usually being most abundant. Bathers and pool guardians take up various amounts of DBPs by different pathways. Identification of different uptake paths is important in order to develop a technic...