In this entry, I would like to provide a little background and updated information on the association between swimming in chlorinated pools and asthma in childhood. Compared to the attention that allergies, exercise, and other environmental factors have received regarding their association with asthm...
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From my experience growing up what was once arguably the smoggiest place in the United States, the Pomona Valley in California, and being someone who swam in outdoor pools frequently in the summer, it's obvious to me what the connection with asthma is. It's the combination of chlorine and smog. Nothing has ever made my lungs hurt like swimming in a pool on a smoggy day in Upland, CA.