Chlorine

First place

"...soluble shouts, all marinating in the antiseptic smell of chlorine. Eight people waited in line for the diving board...."

Feb. 17, 2006 Books Feature by Gail Miller

To Your Health

How can I reduce the amount of chlorine absorbed during showering?

"...water filter in my kitchen takes care of the chlorine in my drinking water, but now I've heard that..."

July 16, 2004 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

To Your Health

Most people have no trouble drinking water with either chlorine or chloramine at the levels used in municipal water supplies

"...question concerning a recent column about the hazards of chlorine in shower water [July 16]. Our city water supply..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

14th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

The winners, the judges, and the reasons why

"...In articulating their enthusiasm for "Chlorine," a story about a brother and sister who visit..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...by Riverboat Gamblers The Dead Space Returns from A Chlorine Sleep..."

May 14, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Don't Spray It! 'Bad' Effluent Threatens Hill Country

Spraying treated sewage over the aquifer isn't cool

"...system for treated effluent. The water passes over a chlorine tablet, which is stacked like a Pez dispenser in..."

June 20, 2008 News Feature by Jacob Cottingham

Slimed!

Is Barton Springs Pool Losing Its Soul to Algae?

"...Earlier cleaning methods also included the use of diluted chlorine which killed the algae and allowed the pool staff..."

April 21, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

To Your Health

A friend and I will take an extended hiking/camping vacation this fall, and I am looking for a way to get safe water on the trip without carrying it along or spending a lot of money for a water purifier. What are the options?

"...Chlorine is a standard agent for purifying water, but the..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Slow Pulse EP release, Austin Afrobeats Fest, Border Kindness Benefit, and more recommended shows

"...that of the jazz-hungry audience. – Michael Toland Pearl Z, ChlorineChess Club, Thursday 7..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Music Column by Julian Towers

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, April 3-9

"...reason when I was a kid: I'm allergic to chlorine, and my mom wouldn't let me take swimming lessons..."

April 3, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

Worst Tour Stories Ever: Riverboat Gamblers

"...blue cocaine at one point ("I think that's pool chlorine"), but everyone in the band was on the same..."

July 8, 2016 Music Feature by Mike Wiebe

Baroness Turns Mohawk Outside In

Georgian metallurgists tease upcoming fourth LP Purple

"...introduces “Sea Lungs,” waltz time rhythms of new tune “Chlorine & Wine,” and the prog theatrics of “Cocainium” kept..."

Dec. 7, 2015 Music Post by Michael Toland

Take Shelter

Is Curtis LaForche slowly going mad or is something apocalyptic about to happen? Michael Shannon stars in this truly unsettling movie.

"...appears to be at first glance. Does the nearby chlorine spill we hear about on the TV news in..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Winners

The 14th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

"...First Place: 'Chlorine'..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Books Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...carbon filter to remove the taste and odor of chlorine from water I imbibe. Of course, that chemical serves..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Column

'Is This Water Filtered?'

"...carbon filter to remove the taste and odor of chlorine from water I imbibe. Of course, that chemical serves..."

Jan. 26, 2004 Postmarks

Song Loon

Second Place

"...were soft. I knew it had to be the chlorine. Too much chorine. But not so much that I..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Books Feature by Bonnie West

Portrait of the Artist as a Road Comic

Long Drives, Low Pay, and Drunks -- What a Life!

"...and head outside to boil myself in the hot chlorine vats they call jacuzzis. After, it's a leisurely hour-long..."

March 28, 1997 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

In My World of Disorder, the Top 100 Austin Records of 2021

Kevin Curtin ranks his favorite local releases of the year

"...51) The Dead Space, Chlorine Sleep (12XU)..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Recommended Shows Worth Your Musical Bandwidth This Week

Lomelda, Katy Kirby, and Christine Renner lead the live pack

"...less of a surprise. Seven years delayed, second full-length Chlorine Sleep spotlights the local trio's tension-soaked chemistry. Which makes..."

July 16, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Forklift Danceworks' My Parks, My Pools, My City

With Bartholomew Swims, Allison Orr's dance company plunges into Austin's pool problem

"...examining the color of the water to determine the chlorine level, simultaneously speaking the name of each of PARD's..."

July 28, 2017 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Porches

"...at a rich kid's house, emerging drenched in both chlorine and a detached ennui. That's Pool. New Yorker Aaron..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature by Libby Webster

Betting on Cloud Juice

Richard's Rainwater keeps its eye in the sky

"...of preference. If you can tolerate the taste of chlorine in your tap water, you may enjoy the added..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Food Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Snakes and Ladders

'The Man From Orlando' team recalls the high stakes of making their lo-fi first feature

"...the water was so still, with the smell of chlorine in the air, sitting next to one of my..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Screens Feature by Amy Gentry

Okay, Everybody– Back Into the Pool!

Esther's Pool, that is: Winning fools, grooving stars.

"...where any cetacean would've been swiftly killed by the chlorine solution. But, you know, if the Esther's people are..."

Sept. 11, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Headlines

"...were dumped into the Colorado River Tuesday after a chlorine leak shut down the South Austin Regional Water Treatment..."

Aug. 26, 2011 News Feature

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Turkish business cards, Poe, headscarves, and more

"...Russia does not like American chicken because of the chlorine bath our companies use to disinfect chickens after slaughter...."

Feb. 12, 2010 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Unstable Element

Are Austin's water fluoridation policies dangerous? It depends who you ask.

"...process in the tanks: disinfection, in which chemicals including chlorine are added to kill pathogens; coagulation, which readies undesirable..."

Nov. 27, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Too Much Love

"...More than once, I have detected the odor of chlorine lingering in the air near the mansions' pipes. What..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Postmarks

Big Brother Puts the Squeeze on Good Flow

Feds bully local juicer into closing operations – for now

"...buy from reliable sources, clean our fruit in a chlorine sanitizing bath. We eyeball every single piece of fruit,..."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

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