Chloroform Body Burden From Swimming In Indoor Swimming Pools

실내 수영장에서 수영시 야기되는 클로로포름 인체부담

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  • C.P. WEISEL (Dept. of Environmental Science, Rutgers University, New Jersey, U.S.A.)
  • 조완근 (경북대학교 공과대학 환경공학과) ;
  • Published : 1995.10.01

Abstract

The use of chlorinated water in swimming pools produces elevated chloroform levels in the water and air of the pools which can cause chloroform body burden of swimming individuals. Present study confirmed the chloroform body burdens from a 40-min swimming and evaluated the decay of chloroform breath concentration after the cessation of a 60-min swimming. Air and water concentrations were measured in the pools. The water and air chloroform concentrations ranged from 18.1 to 25.3 ${mu}g/l$ and from 30.9 to 60.7 ${\mu}g/m3$ for the confirmation study, respectively. The breath level after 40-min swimming was about 64 to 266 folds higher than the corresponding background breath. The breath concentration after the 40-min swimming ranged from 10.5 to 21.3 ${\mu}g/m3$, while that prior to the corresponding swimming ranged from 0.07 to 0.19 ${\mu}g/m3$. In addition, the post-exposure breath level varied with the subjects who swam in the pool on the same visiting day. Breath concentration increased gradually during 60-min swimming, then decreased rapidly within 5 minutes after the cessation of exposure, after that, decreased slowly, and finally approached to a background breath level at 1-2 hr after exposure.

수영장에서 염소를 이용한 살균시, 수영장의 물과 공기에서 클로로포름 농도가 증가하고 수영자는 이로 인해 클로로포름에 대한 인체 부담응 받을 수 있다. 본 연구는 40 분 수영으로 인해 야기되는 클로로포름에 대한 인체 부담을 확인하고, 60 분 수영 후에 시간에 따라 수영자의 호흡내 클로로포름의 농도가 변화하는 것을 평가하였다. 이 실험을 위해서 수영장의 물과 공기의 클로로포름 농도도 측정되었다. 인체 부담 확인을 위한 연구에서, 수영장 물과 공기내의 클로로포름 농도 범위는 각각 18.1 에서 25.3 ${\mu}g/l$ 및 30.9 에서 60.7 ${\mu}g/m^3$ 이였다. 40분간의 수영으로 인한 호기내의 클로로포름 농도는 수영 전의 호기 농도에 비해 64 에서 266 배 가량 높게 나타났다.수영전의 호기 농도 범위가 0.07 에서 0.19 ${\mu}g/m^3$ 인 반명에, 40분간의 수영 후 호기 농도 범위는 10.5 to 21.3 ${\mu}g/m^3$ 로 나타났다. 또한, 수영 후의 호기 농도가 동일한 날에 방문한 피실험자들간에 서로 다르게 나타났다. 60분간의 수영 중에 수영자의 호흡내 클로로포름 농도는 점진적으로 증가하였고, 수영 5 분 동안은 급격히 감소하다가 그 이후로는 천천히 감소하여 마침내 수영 후 1-2 시간에는 배경 농도에 접근하였다.

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