Citation

Aiking H, van Acker MB, Scholten RJ, Feenstra JF, Valkenburg HA. Toxicol. Lett. 1994; 72(1-3): 375-380.

Affiliation

Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7911264

Abstract

A pilot study addressed potential effects of long-term exposure to chlorination products in swimming pools. The indicator compound chloroform was detectable in blood from competitive swimmers in an indoor pool (mean = 0.89 +/- 0.34 microgram/l; n = 10), but not in outdoor pool swimmers. No hepatotoxic effect was indicated by serum glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (SGOT), serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) or gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (gamma-GT) enzyme levels. beta-2-microglobulin, an indicator of renal damage, was significantly elevated in urine samples of the slightly, but significantly, younger indoor swimmers. The precise ratio between these 2 possible causes, age and chloroform exposure, as well as the mechanism of the former, remain to be elucidated.

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