Bromine is considered better by some pool owners because bromine is usually much less irritating to the skin and eyes.
Do not attempt to convert a bromine pool to chlorine, even salt-chlorine.
When you shock a bromine pool, the shock treatment only burns off the harmful contaminants, leaving a good portion of the bromine behind in the pool water.
Bromoform levels were much higher in the pools treated with bromine versus chlorine, but interestingly, other DBPs and their levels were similar in brominated versus chlorinated pools, likely owing to the high levels of bromide present already in Barcelona source waters (Ventura and Rivera 1985) that feed into drinking water treatment and further swimming pool treatment (Judd and Jeffrey 1995).
It will also have a salt bromine pool-filtration system, eliminating chlorine waste; a cool-water air-conditioning system that allows for higher quality air; and an ozone laundry system that reduces water consumption.
This is more commonly experienced in pools containing chlorine or bromine compared to those using ozone, UV, and salt electrolysis treatments [84].
Whether it's a chlorinated pool, a hot tub with bromine, or a natural river, it's best to avoid getting anything besides soapy water in your piercing.
Many pool owners with naturally sensitive skin prefer bromine; however bromine is in the same periodic group as chlorine, so it may not help people who are allergic to chlorine.
For similar reasons, you must not also throw chlorine or bromine tablets in the pool.
The present study involves an investigation in Barcelona, Spain, where we examined 49 healthy nonsmoking volunteers before and after swimming in public swimming pools treated with either chlorine or bromine to evaluate personal exposure and a range of biomarkers of genotoxicity and respiratory damage (Font-Ribera et al. 2010; Kogevinas et al. 2010).
