By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam
Blake School student-athlete Aditi Gandhi took it upon herself to address an issue that many swimmers worldwide experience: the sickly feeling after long practices, which sometimes stems from harmful chemicals in the pools where swimmers train.
“Me and my teammates, we would notice after long practices that we would start feeling very sick,” Gandhi said in an interview with MPR News. “I would notice increased inflammation and pain after swimming, when swimming is actually supposed to take away your pain, because it circulates blood.”
She suffers from a venous condition, in which swimming, which should help her condition by increasing blood flow, she noticed that sometimes it was the sport that was having the opposite effect.
After some of her teammates were experiencing symptoms, such as coughing, irritation, and runny noses, she took it upon herself to research what could be causing them. She found that the chloramines in the water were a very likely contributor to their struggles.
Chloramines are gases released as chlorine in the water reacts with substances such as sweat, oils, and urine; when paired with excess chlorine and poor ventilation, they can cause serious buildup.
So what was Gandhi’s solution? The only way to prove that the chloramines were causing these issues was to have a reliable way to measure them. So, she took her questions to heart and developed a machine of her own, one that can monitor chloramine levels right in the air, all in a plastic box. As it is challenging to measure directly from the air, her prototype invention can detect airborne variables associated with chloramines.
“One sensor measures total volatile organic compounds, which are gas compounds, and equivalent CO2, which is like carbon dioxide, as well as temperature and relative humidity,” Gandhi said to MPR News. “If the four variables increase, then it’s more likely to have chloramines in the environment.”
Her invention also caught the attention of staff members at her high school, including Dr. Avery Michienzi, who was also a competitive swimmer in college.
“I thought it was a very amazing, very impressive endeavor for a high school student to do, and I think something that could potentially have a big health impact as well,” said Dr. Michienzi.
Gandhi’s invention won multiple science fair awards and will be introduced at the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Phoenix next week. She will be featured in a webinar by the Council for the Model Aquatic Health Code (CMAHC), a nonprofit that works with the CDC to prevent illness and injury in public pools.
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