Aerosol swimming

JP-8 (aerosol) F344 rats 1,059 mg/m3 for first 25 days, 2,491 mg/m3 for final 3 days 1 hr/day, 5 days/wk for 28 days Neurologic measures were assessed with functional observation battery exposed rats had significant differences in spontaneous activity and CNS excitability from controls exposed rats exhibited greater velocity of swimming in Morris swimming task Baldwin et al. 2001... 

EXPOSURE ROUTES Inhalation (wood burning, swimming pools, tobacco smoke and aerosol) ingestion (contaminated drinking water) absorption occupational exposure. 

EXPOSURE ROUTES home burning of wood, coal, and certain plastics chlorinated swimming pools drinking water at low levels cigarette smoke polystyrene insulation aerosol propellants forest and brush fire volcanoes adsorption through skin and lungs occupational exposure car dealers, metal industries, building contractors... 

Children who regularly swim in indoor swimming pools have been found to have higher rates of asthma than those who do not. The cause has been attributed to the reaction of disinfectant chlorine (hypochlorous acid) with organic matter (e.g., perspiration, saliva, and urine) to produce lipophilic/hydrophilic mixtures of disinfection by-products that include THMs, trihaloacetic acids, and chloramines that are inhaled by swimmers as vapors and aerosols [63]. Similar inCTeases in asthma prevalence have been reported for lifeguards who work in indoor swimming pools [64]. 

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