We'll examine the pros and cons of bromine vs. chlorine, and help you choose the right product for your home hot tub.

As temperatures rise, the siren sound of the swimming pool amplifies. While chemicals like chlorine and bromine do their darndest to kill off bacteria and viruses, some germs stay afloat.

BioLab, in Conyers, Georgia caught fire in September. Now a cloud of noxious chemicals and lawsuits is descending.

The Olympics will mark the first time Paris La Defense Arena will host aquatic sports. A 50-meter, 660,000-gallon Olympic-sized swimming pool will be constructed in the arena's floor. To give fans a ...

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I’ve lived in Conyers for nearly 20 years, and for the past eight I’ve known of turmoil at BioLab, the KIK Consumer Products facility that opened here in 1973 to house production and storage space for ...

bromine and iodine, Public Health England (PHE) says. In its liquid form it is used to treat water supplies and swimming pools to prevent the transmission of waterborne diseases. Exposure to ...

The ominous plume from the BioLab chemical fire might be fading, but for the tens of thousands of Rockdale County residents who live close to the troubled facility, their worries continue to hang in ...

The joy of swimming-pool cleaning is right up there with scrubbing bathroom floors, but the consequences of neglecting either chore are equally unhealthy. Fortunately, the age of robots means you ...

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Following the chaos of Hurricane Helene, a fire broke out in the BioLab warehouse in Rockdale County, 30 miles east of ...

The district has also canceled official activities as BioLab’s plant continues to emanate pool chemicals into the air ...