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Posted by larry on June 5, 2006, 5:37 pm
PipeDown wrote:
> This sand will likely contain many chlorine and/or bromine salts as well as
> decomposed organic matter. It probably is not outright toxic but it may
> irritate sensitive skin and the dust generated from it may also have health
> concerns. If when you redampen it you smell pool smells, it surely is not
> pure.
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> If you must, use it for the kitty litter or save it for winter ice
> treatment. It may also not be suitable for concrete mixing due to the salts
> but would be fine as underlayment for patio pavers.
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>>>>henrycue@yahoo.com wrote in
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>>>>>I'm going to replace the sand in my swiming pool filter. I wonder if
>>>>>it's safe to reuse those sand for kids' sand box? I suppose if it's
>>>>>safe to swim in the water that filtered by the sand, it should be safe
>>>>>to play with it. Any ideas?
>>>
>>>
>>>The purpose of the sand is to remove impurities so the water is safe to
>>>swim
>>>in. So, do you want your kids to playing the impurities in the sand?
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>> Especially when you add a few years of left over chemicals that were
>>used to help get rid of the above mentioned impurities.
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FUNNY, I was just thinking, is the pool chems etc more /or/
less hazardous that the neighborhood cat urine and feces
found in a regular sandbox? But maybe your sandbox is
indoors.
this is the same sand that pool water ran thru that your
kids played in all summer? The broken glass and metal frags
the sand caught that was in the pool might be a problem.
-larry / dallas
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