Swimming babies face asthma risk

BABIES taken to chemically treated swimming pools before the age of two are at a greater risk of developing asthma and chronic lung problems, a study shows.

International toxicology expert Professor Alfred Bernard found that children taken to swimming classes when they were under two years of age were twice as likely to develop asthma.

His study of 341 schoolchildren found that 23% of the 41 children who were former baby swimmers had developed asthma, compared to 11% of the whole group.