Chlorine-Laden Indoor Pool Air Odor Can't Be Avoided, But It Can Be Eradicated!

Intensely pungent, chlorine-laden indoor pool air odor is much like weeds in a garden: it can’t be avoided, but it can be eradicated.

There is no choice. To keep your indoor swimming pool clean, you must treat it with chlorine regularly.  And, far too many aquatics facility directors, fitness center managers, and swimmers themselves believe foul-smelling air that irritates eyes, airways and skin is just a price that must be paid for the love of water sports.
 

Chlorine Odor: A Naturally Occurring Challenge To Swimmers’ Health

Did you know that the intense chlorine odor so common to indoor swimming pools is not merely the result of the chlorination process that keeps a pool clean and its water free of contaminants? Nor is it typically the result of “too much chlorine.” In fact, it might even indicate MORE chlorine is needed to treat pool water that has become contaminated with natural and synthetic substances secreted by the human body (Source: WaterandHealth.org, January 2017).

Intense chlorine odor is in fact the result of nitrogen released by the body when it contacts chlorinated water. The nitrogen mixes with the natural sweat and perspiration, waste/urine residues on the body and even traces of common personal care products remaining on the skin’s surface from soaps, lotions, and perfumes, creating a chemical reaction that releases ammonia-based chloramines that intensify the chlorine odor in the air (Source: Water Quality and Health, 2017).  Like weeds in a garden, because it is natural phenomenon, the odor is impossible to avoid... but it can be permanently eradicated…naturally.

So, what is the magic solution that neutralizes chlorine odor in indoor swimming environments, creating a healthy, constant clean air zone? It’s not magic and it’s not a chemical “deodorizer. It’s BioOx®, the world’s first and only biological air scrubber that completely eradicates the smallest micro-particulates that comprise airborne bacteria, viruses, odors, fumes, contaminants and toxins. BioOx® is powered by a naturally occurring microbial enzyme harnessed from Mother Nature herself.

How BioOx® Works

The BioOx® enzyme attracts toxic micro-particulates such as those produced by chlorine and its by-products, as well as viruses, dust, gases, and bacteria that constantly circulate in indoor spaces. A bioreactor unit containing the proprietary BioOx® enzymatic microbial media attracts these airborne toxins, causing an immediate bio-oxygenation process that fully DESTROYS odors and airborne contaminants. Any contaminants the BioOx® media cannot fully break down and eradicate (such as metal particles) fall to the bottom of the reactor where they become inert disposable sediment. BioOx® systems fully decontaminate indoor air, rendering agents such as chlorine fumes and byproducts, viruses, bacteria, dust, ammonia, and formaldehyde harmless.

The Creation of BioOx®

BioOx® was created by chemical engineer Sam Sofer, Ph.D., P.E., a former New Jersey State-sponsored Research Chair in Biotechnology at New Jersey Institute of Technology. In his research, Dr. Sofer recognized that most filtration systems are inadequate to properly scrub the air of irritating toxins, fumes, viruses, and pollutants. He was also dissatisfied with the many commercially available air cleaning systems that ADD chemicals, fragrances, and contaminants to indoor air in a fruitless attempt to “purify” it.

Dr. Sofer’s research revealed that it takes something biological to destroy something biological. He then harnessed a naturally occurring enzyme that scientific studies (available at www.bioox.us)  demonstrate is the most superior air cleaning agent available. BioOx® works WITH nature, not against it, and is a super performer in creating the purest, freshest and healthiest indoor air.

Aquatics facilities directors and swimming coaches across the U.S., including New York University, Emory University, Princeton High School, Hagerstown YMCA and others have turned to BioOx® to provide a permanent CLEAN AIR ZONE in their swimming facilities – a clean air zone that will enable their athletes and leisure swimmers alike to avoid respiratory distress and ocular and dermatologic irritation, empowering them to deliver their best performance every single day.
 

While extremely popular, standard air filtration systems – even those created with HEPA technology -- do not eradicate chlorine gases, fumes and byproducts that cause lung, eye and skin irritation for swim athletes.

Even the most expensive standard air filtration systems do not effectively break down and destroy the smallest of airborne particulates – those that cause chlorine fumes and exposure irritation – as only BioOx® does. BioOx® effectively, efficiently, and relatively inexpensively destroys the smallest of micro-particulates down to those measuring 0.1 microns. HEPA technology can only capture microns as small as 0.3 and has no ability to destroy pollutants since HEPA technology cannot SCRUB the air as only BioOx® does. When toxic particulates hover in and circulate throughout the air in a confined space, not only do we breathe them in and compromise our lungs, but micro-contaminants most readily transmit through our eyes, not our lungs, creating an especially significant challenge in safeguarding our overall health -- a principal reason why swimmers experience chronic eye irritation during training and competition. 

BioOx® reactors emit a natural enzyme to SCRUB the air, creating a CLEAN AIR ZONE in your pool area or any other part of your facility, such as locker rooms, offices, cafeterias, etc. Best of all, BioOx® technology, while extremely powerful in its performance, is simple and compact, without an arduous “installation” required: the quiet units simply plug into electrical outlets. No drilling, construction, rewiring or filter maintenance of any kind necessary. Every facility is already BioOx®-ready!!

BioOx® creates a dramatically healthier swimming environment for athletes and leisure swimmers alike, as well as a more enjoyable place for swim event spectators, who often experience the same eye irritation and respiratory distress as the swimmers. Further, BioOx® fully eradicates airborne odors of all kinds – no more overwhelming chlorine odor in your aquatics facility!! The only smell BioOx® leaves behind is the scent of pure, clean air!! But you don’t have to take our word for it. Here’s what the team at YMCA Hagerstown said:

Now’s the time to get your pool air optimally healthy and clean for the safety and best performance of your swimmers!! Scrub your air with BioOx® and everyone will breathe clean, swim safely and perform better in an irritation-free environment.

For a demo of the BioOx® technology, contact the BioOx® team at (301) 246-0151 or send us an email through our website.

We look forward to serving you and providing your aquatics facility with the cleanest, purest and healthiest air possible 24/7, 365 days a year.