PUBLIC swimming pools contain high levels of a chemical linked to miscarriage.
A team led by Mark Nieuwenhuijsen at Imperial College, London, found that the chloroform content of eight pools in the city was on average 20 times as high as in drinking water. The chloroform is formed when chlorine disinfectants react with organic compounds in the water.
Some studies in the US have suggested there’s a correlation between the amount of chlorinated tap water drunk daily by pregnant women and their risk of miscarriage. Chloroform and related chemicals in the water have been blamed. Nieuwenhuijsen accepts that the studies…
