Do swimming pool chemicals affect the hair test?

[Guest guest]

Dear all:

As chance would have it, we took our little one to the pool yesterday and then I

took hair samples this morning. We don't usually go to the pool, but DS is

officially mad about going swimming after we went a coupla weeks ago. It didn't

cross my mind till after I took the samples. It's a tough trade-off--he gets

extra mobility and neural patterning (we've been teaching him to swim in the tub

since 3 mos old), but I know there are pool treatments. Till now I've avoided

pools.

My questions:

Will the chlorine affect the hair tests?

Should I wait and do it over again after the hair's been washed several times?

I called Direct Labs and they said just to let my doctor know, so that didn't

help me know whether or not to proceed.

many thanks,

Fiona

[Guest guest]

Hi Fiona,

Some pool chemicals contain copper, so that may show up as high.

S S

Do swimming pool chemicals affect the hair test?

Posted by: " fionam3875 " fionam3875@... fionam3875

Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:42 am (PST)

Dear all:

As chance would have it, we took our little one to the pool yesterday and then I

took hair samples this morning. We don't usually go to the pool, but DS is

officially mad about going swimming after we went a coupla weeks ago. It didn't

cross my mind till after I took the samples. It's a tough trade-off--he gets

extra mobility and neural patterning (we've been teaching him to swim in the tub

since 3 mos old), but I know there are pool treatments. Till now I've avoided

pools.

My questions:

Will the chlorine affect the hair tests?

Should I wait and do it over again after the hair's been washed several times?

I called Direct Labs and they said just to let my doctor know, so that didn't

help me know whether or not to proceed.

many thanks,

Fiona