RED HOOK – Multiple ambulances responded to the Red Hook pool on Linden Avenue Tuesday morning for several people reporting to be ill.
At least six victims were complaining of having difficulty breathing after inhaling chlorine fumes.
Ambulances were sent to the pool just after 9 a.m.
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), “Chlorine is water soluble and therefore, primarily removed by the upper airways. Exposure to low concentrations of chlorine (1 to 10 ppm) may cause eye and nasal irritation, sore throat, and coughing. Inhalation of higher concentrations of chlorine gas (>15 ppm) can rapidly lead to respiratory distress with airway constriction and accumulation of fluid in the lungs (pulmonary edema). Patients may have immediate onset of rapid breathing, blue discoloration of the skin, wheezing, rales, or hemoptysis. In symptomatic patients, pulmonary injury may progress over several hours. Lung collapse may occur.”
There was no immediate word on the later conditions of those feeling ill.
