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With summer in full swing and COVID-19 restrictions relaxed, swim lessons are back.

Yet many of those most in need of lessons can’t get them, because public pools are competing with a flood of new backyard pools for a scarce resource: chlorine.

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Many nonprofits are attempting to give free swimming lessons at public pools, but much of the chlorine supply is going to private clubs and pools.
Less than a month after pools were cleared to open, the chlorine shortage has caused many public pools and swim lessons across the country to close.
Due to a large number of pools closing in lower income communities, it has contributed to a rise in drowning related deaths. The CDC says drowning is the leading cause of death for children under 15.
With more pools closing due to the shortage, less people will be able to get swim lessons and safely enjoy their free neighborhood pools.
Learn more about the chlorine shortage from @sic_sonja
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