Re: Pool desinfection

March 9, 2011

katerinka70 wrote:

>

> Can anyone direct me to where can I get iodine to add to my pool water

> for desinfection + health benefits? Do they sell this things? I just

> got a new house with pool and planning to install ozonator + ionazer,

> but they said I still need to shock the water with chlorine from time

> to time. I would love to use iodine instead.

> Thank you!

> Katerinka

>

Last summer we purchased a pool and a salt water system. It worked

perfectly, crystal clear all summer long, never a hint of green. I

highly recommend it. I could smell a faint chlorine odor from time to

time when the machine was running.

in MI

March 9, 2011

I've never heard of using iodine as a pool disinfectant but I have heard of using hydrogen peroxide 30% food grade, available at most any pool/spa store. They used it at a hot springs I used to go to and they never had any problems.

Iodine can only be bought in about one ounce at a time, and I think that is per yer yr - at any rate not enough to keep your pool cleans. There is potassium iodide but I don't know if that will work either.personally I'd use hydrogen peroxide, as it will also oxygenate you, which is a very good thing.

ArielOn Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 4:56 PM, katerinka70 <katerinka70@...> wrote:

Can anyone direct me to where can I get iodine to add to my pool water for desinfection + health benefits? Do they sell this things? I just got a new house with pool and planning to install ozonator + ionazer, but they said I still need to shock the water with chlorine from time to time. I would love to use iodine instead.

Thank you!

Katerinka

-- Ariel MonserratPublisher & Managing EditorGreen Egg zinewww.greeneggzine.com

March 9, 2011

is it bad to swim in chlorinated water in public pool with a wet suit ??On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Piwowarski <lpiwowarski@...> wrote:

katerinka70 wrote:

>

> Can anyone direct me to where can I get iodine to add to my pool water

> for desinfection + health benefits? Do they sell this things? I just

> got a new house with pool and planning to install ozonator + ionazer,

> but they said I still need to shock the water with chlorine from time

> to time. I would love to use iodine instead.

> Thank you!

> Katerinka

>

Last summer we purchased a pool and a salt water system. It worked

perfectly, crystal clear all summer long, never a hint of green. I

highly recommend it. I could smell a faint chlorine odor from time to

time when the machine was running.

in MI

March 9, 2011

Food grade hydrogen peroxide is sometimes used for this, if you Google.AnneOn Mar 9, 2011, at 1:56 PM, katerinka70 wrote: Can anyone direct me to where can I get iodine to add to my pool water for desinfection + health benefits? Do they sell this things? I just got a new house with pool and planning to install ozonator + ionazer, but they said I still need to shock the water with chlorine from time to time. I would love to use iodine instead. Thank you! Katerinka

March 9, 2011

Is far as I understand, " salt system " is not any lesser damage to health than

chlorine/bromine treatments. It just gives less smell, but still not healthy.

But I'm a newbie, so might be wrong.

> Last summer we purchased a pool and a salt water system.

March 9, 2011

Really! Why is that?

From: katerinka70 <katerinka70@...>iodine Sent: Wed, March 9, 2011 5:24:20 PMSubject: Re: Pool desinfection

Is far as I understand, "salt system" is not any lesser damage to health than chlorine/bromine treatments. It just gives less smell, but still not healthy. But I'm a newbie, so might be wrong.> Last summer we purchased a pool and a salt water system.

March 10, 2011

http://www.calyenty.com/blog/?p=155For example, disaffection of water for human consumption and in swimming pools is far superior, safer, and less expensive with the use of iodine at 1 to 2 ppm, that with the use of chlorine and its derivatives at the same concentrations.16-19 However, unfounded

concern about the adverse effects of iodine at these levels on the thyroid gland,20-22 and vide infra has prevented the widespread use of iodine for these applications, with toxic chlorine and its derivatives used by default. All studies published so far favor iodine over chlorine

for treatment of municipal waters and swimming pools, “Because of the increasing difficulty experienced by many communities in achieving satisfactory disinfection of public water supplies with acceptable concentrations of chlorine, a feasibility study on the use of iodine for

this purpose was undertaken.”19 “The effectiveness, ease of administration and palatability were prime reasons for considering iodine as a disinfectant of community water supplies… effective bacteriological control of the water was maintained by all concentrations of iodine used in this study.”17 “At an iodine concentration of 1 mg/liter ( 1 ppm), the water met all standards for safety and palatability (1962 USPHS Drinking Water Standards)… During the five years in which this study was conducted no instances of urticaria or iodism were observed.”19 “No evidence of iodine induced allergic phenomena was detected during this study.”17 “Comparative data indicate that disinfection of an Olympic-size swimming pool can be accomplished with iodine at half the dose of chlorination… Use of the iodinated swimming pool caused no significant changes in either the RAI uptakes or PBI concentrations.”19 The advantage of iodine over chlorine as a disinfectant in the treatment of municipal waters is that it could be used as a disinfectant and also as a source of a very important essential element. It is obvious that the benefits of such an approach would outweigh the risks, based on the studies mentioned above.When different groups of competitive swimmers were asked about their preference between chlorine and iodine as a disinfectant of swimming pools,19 they overwhelmingly chose iodine. None preferred chlorine. “All

members of the swimming teams of five universities who participated in AAWU swimming championships that were held in the Stanford pools were asked to express their opinions of iodine-treated water as compared with

chlorine-treated water… Seventeen of the 20 freshmen and varsity swimming members expressed a preference for the iodine-treated pool in respect to eye irritation. The other three had no preference, but none preferred the chlorine treatment. Of the championship-swimming contestants, 48 preferred the iodine-treated pool, five had no preference, but none preferred the chlorine-treated pool… Twenty-eight of the subjects who had been exposed to the iodine-treated water for one

month were examined by the three physicians of the research staff, each

of whom made his observations independently of the others. Twenty-seven

of the swimmers examined received a completely negative rating for eye irritation. In only one student was a mild conjunctivitis found on medical examination. This student wears contact lenses and stated that his eye irritation had improved in a miraculous way since the pool had been treated with iodine.”

LinnOn Mar 9, 2011, at 4:03 PM, Ariel Monserrat wrote:

I've never heard of using iodine as a pool disinfectant but I have heard of using hydrogen peroxide 30% food grade, available at most any pool/spa store. They used it at a hot springs I used to go to and they never had any problems.

Iodine can only be bought in about one ounce at a time, and I think that is per yer yr - at any rate not enough to keep your pool cleans. There is potassium iodide but I don't know if that will work either.personally I'd use hydrogen peroxide, as it will also oxygenate you, which is a very good thing.

ArielOn Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 4:56 PM, katerinka70 <katerinka70@...> wrote:

Can anyone direct me to where can I get iodine to add to my pool water for desinfection + health benefits? Do they sell this things? I just got a new house with pool and planning to install ozonator + ionazer, but they said I still need to shock the water with chlorine from time to time. I would love to use iodine instead.

Thank you!

Katerinka

-- Ariel MonserratPublisher & Managing EditorGreen Egg zinewww.greeneggzine.com

March 10, 2011

Hi Katerinka ozone therapy group. Join and ask them>>>>ozonetherapy/Pool ozonation is popular in Europe

I have a hard time believing him on chlorination shockingTalk to some more peopleYou could buy 5 gallon bucket of industrial grade H2O2 for " shocking " but it should be kept in a cool placeThat means 35% H2O2

I would consider a larger more expensive ozonation unitOr maybe an extra ozonator you can only use for shockinggarrick

On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 4:56 PM, katerinka70 <katerinka70@...> wrote:

Can anyone direct me to where can I get iodine to add to my pool water for desinfection + health benefits? Do they sell this things? I just got a new house with pool and planning to install ozonator + ionazer, but they said I still need to shock the water with chlorine from time to time. I would love to use iodine instead.

Thank you!

Katerinka

March 10, 2011

Salt always makes for corrosion problems but sound like a great idea. I have a chlorinated pool here so am....scr....... I just don't use itA relative was a swim instruction. She was weirded out from being in chlorine water all day and her husband was kind of a health nut...go figgger

garrLast summer we purchased a pool and a salt water system. It worked

perfectly, crystal clear all summer long, never a hint of green. I

highly recommend it. I could smell a faint chlorine odor from time to

time when the machine was running.

in MI

March 10, 2011

Just to clear this up:

>>Iodine can only be bought in about one ounce at a time, and I think that

>>is per yer yr -

It's total per order, not anything to do with any time frame, and that's

liquid Lugol's, only at the higher concentrations (2% does not have a

limit), and I am confident that if someone were using it for pools that

they would be able to have proper access. However, I'm not certain whether

commercial iodine preparations for pool disinfection exist at all.

In my opinion, anyone interested in iodine disinfection for pools or hot

tubs etc should research pool supply companies and try to find a commercial

product. The reason being that the computations about the quantities of

chemicals used are important to get correct, and you could then be certain

you'd be doing it correctly. If anyone does find a commercial product,

please report it here because this question comes up periodically.

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>>at any rate not enough to keep your pool cleans. There is potassium

>>iodide but I don't know if that will work either.

>>personally I'd use hydrogen peroxide, as it will also oxygenate you,

>>which is a very good thing.

>>Ariel

~~~ There is no way to peace; peace is the way ~~~~

--A.J. Muste

March 10, 2011

you wouldn't be using Lugol's to disinfect a pool, you would be using just plain old iodine (with no potassium iodide added, as in Lugol's)When we bought iodine (in crystal form) to make our own Lugol's, we bought from a reputable online source (the owner is a physicist who worked for NASA) we were told by him that it is controlled by the DEA and that you could only buy one ounce at a time per year. We also needed to give them extra identifying info about ourselves.

I believe these regulations were put into force not too long ago.ArielOn Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Baker <vbaker@...> wrote: