Pool Season Starts This Weekend: Do You Know How to Safely Use Pool Chemicals?
Pool Season Starts This Weekend: Do You Know How to Safely Use Pool Chemicals? Thursday May 21, 2009 Memorial Weekend is the traditional start of swimming pool season. While the powers-that-be want everyone to have an enjoyable and relaxing experience with their pools and spas, reminders of safety and accident prevention can never be stressed enough.Recreational Water Illness Prevention Week, May 18-24, isa public awareness campaign sponsored annuallyby the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This year’s focus:lowering the number ofpreventable injuries from mishandling pool chemicals. A recent study by the CDCshows that pool chemical injuries account for more than5,000 emergency room visits each year. The report, from 2007, indicates that these accidents were preventable and nearly half of the injuries occurred at a residence. According to the study, people can beinjured by inhaling pool chemic
