+Pool Would Let New Yorkers Go River Swimming 133
cylonlover writes "Three young entrepreneurs have proposed a way of getting New Yorkers into the Hudson, East and/or Bronx Rivers. It's called the +Pool (Plus Pool) — a public swimming pool that would float in the river, allowing people to swim in filtered river water. River water would flow into the pool through permeable walls, which would be composed of three layers filtering out the river nasties."
Cautious optimism! (Score:-1, Funny)
If they can get away with doing this sans toxic chemicals like Chlorine and Bromine, I say GOOD FOR THEM!
Swimming pools are a toxic soup of deadly chemicals like Chlorine, Bromine, Cyanuric Acid, Sodium Bisulphate and Sodium Carbonate. Even 'saltwater' pools use these to maintain pH and limit algae growth.
Over the years there have been numerous reports of Chiropractor-diagnosed illness in which the subluxation contained extraordinarily high levels of Chlorine. Considering that many people love to swim in toxins, it's no surprise that this is the case. All those chemicals seeping in through the skin directly into your bloodstream and nervous system, especially through the thinner skin of the back: BAM! A subluxation before you're even out of the pool.
This pool may be a great thing for swimming in clean, chemical-free water, but the people will still be breathing heavily. That will get them taking in all sorts of polluted NYC air. Watch for Chiropractic offices popping up around this pool to help with swimmers' health maintainance issues!
Take care,
Bob
Three layers are not enough... (Score:5, Funny)
...to filter out the New Yorkers.
Still too nasty for me.
Re:Eh? (Score:5, Funny)
What happens in winter?
My wife's Scandanavian ancestors came up with an answer to that. You beat each other with birch twigs in the sauna until jumping through a hole in the ice into freezing water begins to look like an attractive proposition. Once disabused of that insane notion, you crawl out and do it again.
I think the beating part would go over big with some elements of the New York population.
Ah, now I understand (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Cautious optimism! (Score:5, Funny)
Swimming pools are a toxic soup of deadly chemicals like Chlorine, Bromine, Cyanuric Acid, Sodium Bisulphate and Sodium Carbonate.
Straight from Wikipedia:
Sodium carbonate is a food additive (E500) used as an acidity regulator, anti-caking agent, raising agent and stabilizer. It is one of the components of kansui, a solution of alkaline salts used to give ramen noodles their characteristic flavor and texture.[5][6] Sodium carbonate is also used in the production of sherbet powder. The cooling and fizzing sensation results from the endothermic reaction between sodium carbonate and a weak acid, commonly citric acid, releasing carbon dioxide gas, which occurs when the sherbet is moistened by saliva.
You know what? I'm not even going to bother looking up the rest of those chemical compounds.
Re:Cautious optimism! (Score:4, Funny)
If the worst effect of a toxine is a subluxation..... well .... isn't "toxic" a bit misleading??
"OMG he just ate arsenic - get a chiropractor - QUICK! !!"