[RUEZ]

lily lily:

The point is.... you're drinking the water anyway, so what difference does this make?

The baby wasn't drinking pool water anyway - s/he was nursing - above the water.

ON pool tainted boobies no less.

[Regina]

hurley_108 hurley_108:

Regina Regina:

I personally wouldn’t expose my child to that environment even if it is to make an point.

What "environment"? A pool? You never take your kids to the pool?

No not till they’re older, which would certainly be past the breast feeding stage. They have enough environmental things to endure at that age so adding more chemicals, funguses, bacteria or viruses wouldn’t be something I’d do intentionally.

[RUEZ]

I take my children to the crick. It was good enough when I was a kid and it's good enough for them.

[llama66]

lily lily:

llama66 llama66:

however they still need to "shock" the pool with chlorine, its not good for you, ever got out of a public pool and your eyes burn? now imagine that effect on a baby's esophagus. People need to use common sense, you don't breast feed a baby near a chemical like Chlorine. besides, I doubt the lady took a shower, to was the chlorine off her body.

Why should she?

The baby was above the water. She wasn't nursing him below the water level. So even if there was residul chlorine on her breasts... so what?

Ever hear of Bio-Accumulation?

here is a little info from National Geographic with the potential joys of swimming in a public pool.
http://www.thegreenguide.com/doc/ask/pools

[RUEZ]

Interesting stuff Llama69.

[llama66]

Actually you were talking about why it was such an issue if there was chlorine on her breasts

$1:

The baby was above the water. She wasn't nursing him below the water level. So even if there was residul chlorine on her breasts... so what?

thats what prompted my response. It also ties in to why she should not be breast feeding in a public pool.

[RUEZ]

For the sake of science and baby health I would be willing to volunteer to test whether tainted boobies cause ill affects.

[llama66]

in an infant any amount of Chlorine really can be hazardous, and since its very slow to bio-degrade every time she is at the pool and decides to breast feed, the potential is there to add a little more chlorine to the infants system, if it continues long term the infant could be serious danger.

[llama66]

I salute you Ruez.

[RUEZ]

llama66 llama66:

I salute you Ruez.

I do it for the babies man. That's the kind of guy I am.

[llama66]

not at all, look up "Bio-Accumulation", much of the research is with fish. Still you can read about the effects of chlorine on an organic system. Even in the National Geographic article it lists what can happen when you start to come into contact with Chlorine.

$1:

Some very harmful substances—dioxins and furans, for example, and also trihalomethanes—can arise when chlorine products come in contact with organic matter, such as leaves and dirt

$1:

Dioxins and furans, both reasonably anticipated to be human carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), are organochlorine compounds similar in structure to PCBs. They biodegrade very slowly and therefore build up in the bodies of animals and humans; dioxin and furan have even been detected in breast milk samples.

$1:

Too much chlorine in a pool also can cause skin irritation, eye irritation, and both short and longer-term respiratory problems: coughing, difficulty breathing, and "swimmer's asthma." A study published this June in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine found that children exposed to chlorine in swimming pools had decreased lung function. An older study, published in the June 2003 Occupational and Environmental Medicine, found that young swimmers had high levels of proteins which destroy cellular barriers in the lungs, making them more permeable to allergens which can bring on asthmatic attacks. The trigger for these proteins seems to be nitrogen trichloride, a gas released in the interaction between chlorine and ammonia or ammonium compounds from urine, sweat, and other organic sources. More disturbing still, the researchers found that children who swam most frequently had protein levels similar to those found in regular smokers. The study concluded that regular swimming in chlorinated pools by young children resulted in an increased risk of developing asthma. The authors also suspect a link to the rising incidence of childhood asthma and allergic diseases found in industrialized nations.

[llama66]

not at all, read the quotes, they gloss over Bio-Accumulation, and the dangers of Chlorine. did you even see the fact dioxin has been found in BREAST MILK???? I can tell you thats from absorption through the skin.