In article , Charlie Morgan wrote:
On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:57:46 -0500, Richard J Kinch wrote:

Lawrence M. Seldin, CMC, CPC writes:

1) Are there any advantages to this?

For swimming pools, you mean? Advantages are convenience (not hauling
chlorine) and stable quality (automatic dosing). Cost is about a wash,
when you consider the true costs of investment, depreciation and
electric power. Disadvantages are a complex gadget with risk of non-
performance or failure, stray electric currents in pool if unit not
installed properly or pool is improperly bonded/grounded, electrolytic
damage to stainless steel lights/ladders/etc, corrosion of other
hardware above the water (bolts on a diving board or slide, etc),
ruining concrete/grout/stone with salt damage especially in a freezing
climate.

2) Someone mentioned that their child has eye problems with the
chlorine in pools. Is their a non-chlorine based pool treatment for
fresh water pools that will not irratate their kids eyes?

Chlorine does not irritate eyes in pool concentrations. Low pH or
chloramine are way, way more irritating. Eye complaints are almost
always due to pH, not chlorine, sometimes other contaminants.

Chlorine also does not turn hair green.


Another piece of nonsense from the world's foremost usenet contrarian, Richard
Kinch.

Chlorine can cause hair to turn green. That's because many, many people have
artificially colored hair. Chlorine can absolutely turn your hair green.

Kinch is a nut job, who doesn't know how to think things through.

Awww, cut him some slack, willya? He's not from around here. Chemistry works a
little different on his home planet, that's all. Where he comes from, gasoline
is safe to drink and carbon monoxide is safe to breathe, but common household
borax is a deadly poison. And all petroleum distillates are the same.
Electricity works differently on his homeworld, too, where there's no
difference between a parallel circuit and a dead short. He just hasn't had
enough time to get adjusted to the differences between his home planet and
this one. Give him a break.

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It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.