Posted on 08/13/2016 8:02:17 PM PDT by PROCON
RIO DE JANEIRO — Olympics officials on Saturday gave what they said was a definitive explanation why the water in two competition pools turned green this week. Someone, the officials said, mistakenly added 160 liters of hydrogen peroxide on Aug. 5, neutralizing the chlorine and allowing the growth of “organic compounds” that might have included algae.
On Saturday, the water in the diving pool was still a murky bottle-green color, while the water in the second pool, used for water polo and synchronized swimming, had begun to look a bit lighter and a bit bluer. Athletes have been complaining that the water or the chemicals treating it hurt their eyes, and that murkiness makes underwater visibility impossible.
Synchronized swimming, in which athletes have to be able to see each other below the surface, is scheduled to start Sunday. Mario Andrada, a spokesman for the Rio Games, said that to ensure that the competition could go ahead, officials would drain the water from the pool — all 3,725,000 liters of it — and replace it with clean water from a nearby practice pool.
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It’s not settled, but there’s a “consensus” of scientific opinion!
This explanation is BULLSH!T.
Total stupid idiocy. The media is as knowledgeable of water chemistry as they are of guns.
This is such a stupid explanation I have to think it’s some kind of coverup.
I have used hydrogen peroxide in my Koi Pond to get rid of algae
No. Someone PUT a contaminant in the water. Deliberately. No question about it.
Maybe a prankster. Maybe worse.
It is easy to determine what the contaminant is.
They should pump out the pool, thoroughly clean it, and pump in fresh water.
And put a guard on the pools.
Same here. NEVER heard of hydrogen peroxide used in pool maintenance.
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I’ve seen it in pool supply stores.
Exactly!
Same here. NEVER heard of hydrogen peroxide used in pool maintenance.
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I’ve seen it in pool supply stores.
This place says "Indoor pools must employ an ultraviolet light system to activate the chemical reaction that eliminates microbes; hydrogen peroxide is not an effective disinfectant by itself."
oops, outdoor venue.
I don’t even want to know what peroxided chlorine does to hair.
Sure, sure, too many times to count. My biggest flubs in the tub were when I was attempting cold fusion.
That’s the bad news. The good news is that the entire group of swimmers is now blonde, right down to the collars and cuffs.
Love, Tiffany Case
(name the Bond movie)
I don’t know for sure...but I would say it turns a persons hair light green.
Very stylish in today’s world.
Everyone is going to come back with Zika virus and pin worms.
When we heard this today, I asked my wife how could anything like this happen? Doesn’t anyone check and double check the chemical?
Sheesh . . .
What’s Irish, kelly green and sits beside Rio’s Olympic pool in all kinds of weather?
Paddy O’Furniture
These have to be the most incompetent Olympics ever. What a bunch of buffoonclowns. It’s almost as if the jug eared assclown is running them himself.
Actually there are pool product lines (baquacil for one) that utilize a 27% hydrogen peroxide solution as an oxidizer (couples w/a biguinide as a sanitizer). A lot of people do have issues w/chlorine.
Now WHY would this introduction of peroxide (they didn’t say the concentration) to a pool at the olympics is beyond comprehension.
First the pools should be tested at 8hr increments to detect any drop in ph, alkalinity and chlorine and adjust immediately giving an opportunity for chlorine to “do its job” and then dissipate.
Any number of pool chem manufacturers would have been happy to have reps on scene to do the chemistry.
Roi is nothing. Wait until the Olympics are in Havana.
Refill piping is likely less than 8” diameter,....so it might take several days to replace the water otherwise.
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