The pungent smell of chlorine at your local swimming pool may reassure you that the chemicals used to kill germs and bacteria ...

When you swim, some water is going to get into your mouth. For the most part, that is OK. In recreational pools chlorine is used to kill germs although it can take its sweet time killing some of them.

Russian authorities are investigating how more than 250 times the safe amount of chlorine was poured into a swimming pool in an incident that has left six children in a “grave” condition and at least ...