Swimming pool cleaners

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Swimming pool cleaners (liquids and tablets) are poisonous if swallowed. Touching the chemicals and acids in swimming pool cleaners or breathing in their fumes can also cause problems. Chlorine, a chemical in swimming pool cleaners, is more likely to cause serious poisonous than the acids.

• Chlorine
• Various mild acids (Sodium bisulfate, phosphoric acid, sodium thiosulfate, cyanuric acid)
• Bromine
• Calcium hypochlorite
• Chelated copper
• Soda ash
• Sodium bicarbonate
• Calcium chloride

• Various swimming pool cleaners (BioGuard, Guardex, pace, burnout, msa algaecide, Polysheen)

Review Date: 05/08/2006
Reviewed By: Janeen R. Azare, PhD, MSPH, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.