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Article: Chemicals for pools can be hazardous
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- May 10, 1987
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Water treatment materials found in just about every swimming
pool owner's garage or storage shed are potentially hazardous and
must be handled with care, a major pool chemicals maker warned.
"If not stored and used properly, pool chemicals can burn the
person handling them; they can give off dangerous gases, and can
even lead to fire," said Ken Lee, product safety manager of PPG
Industries, which supplies calcium hypochlorite-based pool sanitizers
and furnishes water testing systems.
In addition to the usual precautions, such as keeping chemicals
out of children's reach, Lee recommended the following procedures to
ensure pool chemicals safety.
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