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See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. With summer around the corner, pool owners may be spending more to ...

If your skin and hair tend to feel dry after a day of swimming, the pool water could be to blame.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A new study shows how uric acid in urine generates potentially hazardous "volatile disinfection byproducts" in swimming pools by interacting with chlorine, and researchers are ...

As homeowners start to prep swimming pools for the season, they will face a widespread chlorine shortage. In some parts of the country, pool supply stores have imposed quantity restrictions. In other ...

Chlorine is one of those smells that's instantly recognisable. Just a whiff of it can conjure up fond (or not so) childhood memories of swimming lessons, galas and days out. A sudden blast of chlorine ...

'Tis the season of the swimming pool, and here at Shots we've been patronizing our local public pools to escape the heat. One can't, however, frequent a pool without eventually contemplating its ...

The smell of chlorine could be more elusive than usual this summer. That's because the swimming pool industry is grappling with a chlorine shortage that has caused prices of the chemical to soar, ...