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Bulletin Board for Broward County
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel - Leftover paint, pesticides, used motor oil, lawn and pool chemicals, household cleaners, automobile batteries and more. Proof of residency required. Call 954-765-4999. Free Admission Day, 1-4 p.m. at the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, 1650

Handicapped children get wish for their own pool
Wilson Daily Times - The company has donated a month’s worth of pool chemicals to the family. The deck, which includes safety gates, will have ramps that allow the Winsteads to roll the wheelchairs to the water’s edge so it’s easier to get the boys into and out of the

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Williamsport Sun-Gazette - Pool chemicals should be stored away safely out of children s reach. If you have a trampoline, Burch suggested it be located in a locked, fenced-in yard and that children are never permitted to use it unsupervised. Make sure hard areas, such as

Gear can kick up your water workout
Louisville Courier-Journal - Aqua-Glide swim cap. Save your hair from pool chemicals and the sun and protect your ears from swimmer’s ear. This swim cap has pockets on the sides so your ears aren’t squished against your head. It costs $12. Water shoes: These are all-around fitness

Gear can kick up your water workout
Louisville Courier-Journal - Aqua-Glide swim cap. Save your hair from pool chemicals and the sun and protect your ears from swimmer’s ear. This swim cap has pockets on the sides so your ears aren’t squished against your head. It costs $12. Water shoes: These are all-around fitness

In Town
News Sun - A variety of common household materials can be brought to a collection, including: oil-based paints, old gasoline, solvents, fungicides, asbestos, mercury (including thermometers and thermostats), paint remover, nail polishes, pool chemicals

Swimming Pool Q & A
Belleville News-Democrat, IL - 6 hours ago… Wear protective clothing, along with eye and lung protection when working with pool chemicals, and follow the manufacturer’s instructions for safe use. …

HazMobile returns to Bailey’s in Laytonville
Willits News - Toxic items like paint, antifreeze, pesticides, herbicides, pool chemicals, gasoline, solvents, acids, bases, toxic cleaners, household batteries and fluorescent light tubes are accepted by the HazMobile. Explosives and road flares are excluded. Motor

Ukiah Daily Journal Staff
Ukiah Daily Journal - Toxic items like paint, antifreeze, pesticides, herbicides, pool chemicals, gasoline, solvents, acids, bases, toxic cleaners, mercury, household batteries and fluorescent light tubes are accepted by the HazMobile. Explosives and road flares are

Sweating for dollars
Davis Enterprise - The heat, paired with heavy use, causes pool chemicals to dissipate more quickly, Souza said. It’s like any chemical reaction, he said. The more heat, kinetic energy you put in, the more dissipation of the chemical. I’m going through chemical

Diving boards might be removed
Beaver Dam Daily Citizen, WI - 6 hours ago… deeper. In addition to that, the Rock River is 20 feet away and there is a possibility pool chemicals can be leaching into the river. …

Burning question: Where to add the muriatic acid?
Orlando Sentinel, FL - 17 hours ago… Wear protective clothing, along with eye and lung protection when working with pool chemicals, and follow the manufacturer’s instructions for safe use. …

Pool maintenance all in the numbers
Silicon Valley - Never mix swimming pool chemicals. When adding them to the pool, allow one to disappear before adding another. All forms of acids react dangerously with all forms of chlorine or bromine. Never mix chlorine compounds. Allowing even small amounts of

Is going to the gym bad for your health?
Daily Mail - Some researchers have linked the presence of pool chemicals to the rising incidence of asthma. It is thought that chlorine reacts with sweat or urine to create dangerous fumes which can harm the lungs. One study at the Catholic University of Louvain

Using the pool? Play by the rules
St. Cloud Times - Pool parties come with the regular party-planning perplexities, but hosts also are responsible for checking pool chemicals, ensuring there’s proper life-saving equipment nearby and imparting their behavior expectations to guests. Elizabeth Howell

Plastic rugs fantastic
Times-Leader - Sure enough, the manufacturers all make the same claims: all-weather, resistant to mildew, mold, fading and pool chemicals. The rugs are made of polypropylene, a plastic product that, if it bears the recycled label, means it was made out of recycled

Hazardous material collection set for July 14
Lansing State Journal - This might include oil-based paints, fluorescent light bulbs, flea collars and sprays, photographic chemicals, pool chemicals, heavy-duty cleaners, pesticides or fertilizers. These products can pose a health threat to anyone that is exposed to them

Gear can kick up your water workout
Louisville Courier-Journal - Aqua-Glide swim cap. Save your hair from pool chemicals and the sun and protect your ears from swimmer’s ear. This swim cap has pockets on the sides so your ears aren’t squished against your head. It costs $12. Water shoes: These are all-around fitness

JCC holds lifeguards to top standards
Nashville Tennessean - at least 15 to take the course, and they can be hired after that, though according to Sisemore, 15-year-olds cannot yet clean the pool. “Some places will hire you,” she said. “We hire at 15, but the labor laws prohibit you from touching pool chemicals

UPDATE: POOL CHEMICALS LEAKING FROM TRUCK PROMPT HAZMAT RESPONSE
KPIX-TV5 - A box truck that was leaking pool chemicals prompted a hazardous materials response in unincorporated Alameda County near Hayward this morning, according to Alameda County Fire Department Battalion Chief Jody Naas. The vehicle, which was leaking

Precautions can help swimmers avoid waterborne infections
San Diego Union-Tribune - Chlorine and other pool chemicals don’t work instantly, and microbes are quick to jump to a new human host. The most common pathway for a waterborne infection is the ear. It’s estimated that one in every 100 to 250 Americans falls victim to an

UCP charter school taking registration for 2006-07
Orlando Sentinel - Items such as pesticides, drain cleaners, oil, paint, varnish, photography chemicals, cleaning fluids, pool chemicals, flammable liquids, brake fluids, antifreeze and propane tanks (20-pound maximum) will be collected. Electronic waste such as home

Swimming pool chemicals promote asthma in children
Newstarget.com, Taiwan - 22 hours ago(NewsTarget) Researchers in Europe have found that childhood asthma could be associated with exposure to chemicals in swimming pools. …

Free dumping of chemicals, electronics is Sat.
The News-Press, FL - 21 hours ago… Interested residents may bring old and unwanted paint, thinners, polishers/strippers, drain cleaners, pool chemicals, pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers …

UCP charter school taking registration for 2006-07
Orlando Sentinel - Items such as pesticides, drain cleaners, oil, paint, varnish, photography chemicals, cleaning fluids, pool chemicals, flammable liquids, brake fluids, antifreeze and propane tanks (20-pound maximum) will be collected. Electronic waste such as home