[Jane Long]

Same here. NEVER heard of hydrogen peroxide used in pool maintenance.

[M-cubed]

its not!...but don't store your “pool supplies’ next to your “Hooker hair coloring supplies”.....Accidents happen...

[Moonman62]

Same here. NEVER heard of hydrogen peroxide used in pool maintenance.

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I’ve seen it in pool supply stores.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

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.