Hey Everyone,
I’m new here and just had a quick question for anyone who might know.
I’ve read a lot of misinformation about the “bromine ban” here in Canada.
At first so many people were saying bromine was banned altogether, which after delving into the forums and the health canada legislation I found out is not true at all.
Apparently only bromine in conjunction with electrolysis, ozonation, uv generators/systems were banned and that the chemical bromine in every form as it relates to being used in pools/spas was not affected at all.
The misinformation runs so deep here in canada that almost every pool/spa store here in my city says they don’t even sell sodium bromide powder anymore to build a bromine bank as it’s illegal (which it’s not at all) you can still find it, you just have to find someone at a mom and pop shop who actually knows what they are talking about. I mean they even sell it on amazon canada lol. Anyways the health canada stipulations also state that using MPS with bromine was also banned.
Then months later I found a post on this forum with some guy saying that the MPS inclusion was only originally and then health canada did a review to appeals and after the review they recanted including the MPS along with bromine in the restriction.
I thought that was interesting (as I want to know if I can still use my leftover MPS in my bromine hot tub safely) so I went back to the health canada website to dig further. Upon rereading the whole original ban, then information on the review process and then the completed decision after the review was completed. I didn’t really see any section where they claimed that MPS is now allowed to be used again with bromine or that the original restriction was lifted.
This is where my confusion lies. Was MPS originally banned in conjunction with bromine period for a hot tub or was it only banned in conjunction with bromine ONLY WHEN using it in one of the aforementioned systems (electrolysis, ozonation, uv) with bromine?
If someone could clear this up for me it would be much appreciated. I usually stick to plain ole sodium hypochlorite to shock my bromine tub as it doesn’t impact TDS and PH however every now and then I like to use MPS to shock so I can verify that my bromine bank is still in tact.
Thanks in advance for any information.
I’m new here and just had a quick question for anyone who might know.
I’ve read a lot of misinformation about the “bromine ban” here in Canada.
At first so many people were saying bromine was banned altogether, which after delving into the forums and the health canada legislation I found out is not true at all.
Apparently only bromine in conjunction with electrolysis, ozonation, uv generators/systems were banned and that the chemical bromine in every form as it relates to being used in pools/spas was not affected at all.
The misinformation runs so deep here in canada that almost every pool/spa store here in my city says they don’t even sell sodium bromide powder anymore to build a bromine bank as it’s illegal (which it’s not at all) you can still find it, you just have to find someone at a mom and pop shop who actually knows what they are talking about. I mean they even sell it on amazon canada lol. Anyways the health canada stipulations also state that using MPS with bromine was also banned.
Then months later I found a post on this forum with some guy saying that the MPS inclusion was only originally and then health canada did a review to appeals and after the review they recanted including the MPS along with bromine in the restriction.
I thought that was interesting (as I want to know if I can still use my leftover MPS in my bromine hot tub safely) so I went back to the health canada website to dig further. Upon rereading the whole original ban, then information on the review process and then the completed decision after the review was completed. I didn’t really see any section where they claimed that MPS is now allowed to be used again with bromine or that the original restriction was lifted.
This is where my confusion lies. Was MPS originally banned in conjunction with bromine period for a hot tub or was it only banned in conjunction with bromine ONLY WHEN using it in one of the aforementioned systems (electrolysis, ozonation, uv) with bromine?
If someone could clear this up for me it would be much appreciated. I usually stick to plain ole sodium hypochlorite to shock my bromine tub as it doesn’t impact TDS and PH however every now and then I like to use MPS to shock so I can verify that my bromine bank is still in tact.
Thanks in advance for any information.
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