Toxic Water: Asthma And Other Health Dangers Of Swimming In Chlorinated Pools

While taking a quick dip in the pool can be momentarily refreshing, it can permanently have dangerous health implications. Chlorine — used as a disinfectant and antiseptic in water purification — kills potentially dangerous bacteria. Bacteria is eliminated by the chemical reaction between chlorine's hypochlorous acid and the cell walls of bacteria, according to Curiousity, a show on the Discovery Channel. The chemical's ability to kill bacteria can have short term benefits, but also presents long term hazards on a person's health......

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New Inhaler For Asthma Patients Offers Serious Benefits

A new dry-powder inhaler for asthma patients, materialized by Israelis Nimrod Kaufmann and Dr. Guy Steuer, has recently undergone an auspicious trial run at Petah Tikvah's Schneider Children's Medical Center, where Dr. Steuer serves as a senior physician and pediatric pulmonologist. He is also a frequent lecturer at Tel Aviv University......

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Study links air pollution to childhood asthma in minorities

Black and Latino infants exposed to air pollution are at heightened risk for developing asthma, according to a study led by researchers from UC San Francisco.
The study is the largest of its kind looking at the connections between asthma and air pollution exposure in minority children, researchers said. The study included about 4,300 black and Latino children from Chicago, New York City, Houston, the San Francisco Bay Area and Puerto Rico......

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