Quote Originally Posted by CarlD
Ben:
I have to contradict you:
A small extreme portion of the environmentalists are anti-chlorine--but those people are against ANY chemical usage, as irrational as that sounds.

I like to think of myself as somewhat environmentally aware and responsible (Hey! MY pool is heated with sunshine--as "green" as it gets!) but I would never advocate dropping chlorine usage until a PROVABLE replacement of similar quality is available--and bromine ain't it!
Come one Carl, bromine has it's place in pool/spa use (but not in an outdoor pool). Anyway, the problems with chlorine safety really apply to bromine pretty much also. Some of the organic bromamines are just as bad as the organic chloramines.