Does Chlorine Kill Swimmers Itch?

Swimmer's itch is not related to chlorine exposure. Instead, it is an allergic reaction to a parasite that infected snails release into bodies of water. People develop swimmer's itch after swimming in water that has not been chlorinated, as chlorine would kill the parasites.

Can you swim in a pool with swimmers itch?

Avoid swimming in areas where swimmer's itch is a known problem or signs warn of possible contamination. Also avoid swimming or wading in marshy areas where snails are commonly found.

What kills swimmers itch?

He has studied Swimmers' Itch for 50 years and is now retired, but his website states: For more than 50 years, the application of copper sulfate as a molluscicide was used on some of the larger recreational lakes to break the life cycle by killing the snail intermediate hosts.