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100 Years Since the First Use of Chlorine Chemical Weapons!
Today marks a sad reminder of the first use of chemical weapons in chlorine gas attacks which affected thousands of victims! Back in April 1915, German forces launched their first attacks using gas, of which over one million soldiers were exposed and over 90,000...
Is There a Higher Incidence of Chlorine-related Health Problems Among Swimmers?
Today we are looking at chlorine related health issues and how frequent swimmers are at higher risk. "New research suggests that children who swim frequently in chlorinated pools may have increased risks of developing allergies or asthma. Among adults exposure to...
Bleach, Swimming Pools & Cleaning Products
This week we came across an interesting article about the use of bleach, swimming pools & cleaning products. Sodium Hypochlorite, commonly known as bleach is a chemical which can be found in many of our day to day cleaning products, which additionally is one of...
Why Swimming is So Good for You- Especially in a Freshwater Pool
We’ve talked a lot in these blogs about the environment and the negative effects swimming pool chemicals can have. We have addressed the controversial issues of using chlorine for swimming pool sanitation and the potential dangers to human health. Now, for a change,...
Calling All Swimming Pool Owners to an Eco-friendly Pool Cleaner
There’s just over a million of us swimming pool owners here in Australia. Imagine if we united in a common cause, what a difference we could make. The cause we are promoting here at Enviroswim is the right to enjoy natural, crystal clear freshwater in our swimming...
What Are the Real Costs of Maintaining Your Freshwater Swimming Pool?
There’s no question that having your own freshwater swimming pool is a dream shared by many of us. Around a million Australian homeowners are lucky enough to do so. And there’s no doubt that having a beautiful swimming pool on your property brings a host of benefits...
How Do You Create the World’s Cleanest, Greenest, Safest, Most Effective Sanitiser?
With Great Difficulty! This is the extraordinary story of two men who started out in their garages experimenting with ways to sanitise swimming pool water without having to add loads of toxic chemicals. Given how much evidence there is about the hazardous side-effects...
The Best Swimming Pool Sanitiser in the World
The World is an extraordinary cruise ship, the ultimate in personal freedom and luxury lifestyle. At 644 feet, The World is the largest privately owned yacht on the planet. Those who live onboard continuously circumnavigate the globe, spending extensive time in the...
Enviroswim Asks…are Such Dangers for Swimming Pool Owners Acceptable?
Absolutely not! Not now we have a far safer and more effective alternative to adding chlorine. There was a time when pool owners had no other choice but to dump quantities of chlorine into the water. In the future, those days will be viewed as the dark ages. We used...