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Susan D. Richardson

• Whats in the Pool? A Comprehensive identification of disinfection by-products and assessment of mutagenicity of chlorinated and brominated swimming pool water

  Swimming pool disinfectants and disinfection by-products (DBPs) have been linked to human health effects (e.g., asthma and bladder cancer), but no studies have comprehensively identified DBPs in the water and determined their mutagenicity. Richardson et al.

  • 01/11/2010

  • Environmental Health Perspectives
  • • Water Quality
    • Health Effects
    • Toxicity Studies

• The good, the bad, and the volatile: Can we have both healthy pools and healthy people?

  Given the popularity of swimming for recreation and sport, it is remarkable that we are only in the early stages of understanding swimming pool chemistry, human exposure(s), and potential health risks. This is partly due to the complexity of swimming pool water chemistry, which increases with transformations that water undergoes as it moves from its source to pools filled with swimmers.

  • 01/05/2010

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • • Water Pollution
    • Water Quality
    • Health Effects
    • Faecal Coliforms
    • Cancer
    • Respiratory Diseases
    • Health
    • Toxicity Studies
    • Micro Organisms
    • Environmental Science & Technology
    • Judy S. LaKind
    • Susan D. Richardson
    • Benjamin C. Blount