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Five minors poisoned by chlorine in swimming pool in Rome, 9-year-old in serious condition

2025-06-03 14:03:03Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Five minors poisoned by chlorine in swimming pool in Rome, 9-year-old in serious

Five children have been hospitalised after swimming in a swimming pool on the outskirts of the Italian capital. The incident took place in the Borghesiana neighbourhood of Rome after chlorine leaked into the pool of a private club.

Italian media reports that one of the minors is in serious condition and has been admitted to intensive care. The alarm was raised by one of the parents. The children felt unwell after swimming in the pool of a sports center on Capanna Murata Street.

Chemical products normally used to disinfect swimming pool water, such as sodium and calcium hypochlorite, sulfuric acid, trichloroisocyanuric acid "are classified as dangerous because they are mainly corrosive". This was explained by the president of the Italian Society of Environmental Medicine (Sima), Alessandro Miani, defining the episode of the swimming pool in the Borghesiana area as "just the latest episode in a long series that raises growing concerns regarding the issue of safety in Italian swimming pools".

Warning about the use of chemical products used for water disinfection, Miani added: "If hypochlorites and chloroisocyanurates come into contact with acidity regulators (sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, etc.), they can release chlorine gas, a toxic gas when inhaled that is responsible for acute, even very serious, poisoning. Few people know that very common substances such as chlorine and ammonia cause serious burns to the nose, throat, eyes, trachea and respiratory tract in humans even just a few minutes after exposure, and often cause coughing and spitting up blood, as well as vomiting and difficulty breathing."

Chronic chlorine poisoning can also lead to problems such as "conjunctivitis, chronic bronchitis, neuropsychiatric disorders, kidney failure. In the case of prolonged and massive exposure, more serious complications can occur, such as respiratory tract lesions and lung infections."

Finally, Miani recalled that "the most at-risk subjects are workers involved in the production of insecticides, disinfectants, metallurgy and those operating in the field of water purification." 


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