Taking a dip in the pool might not be good for your child, atleast that is what a study states. Especially if your child is two years or less.

The findings, reported in the European Respiratory Journal, states that respiratory health suffers by getting exposed to chlorinated pools. Chances may be more if there is a family history of asthma or respiratory allergies.

Experts blame air quality around pools. Chlorine byproducts that are formed by getting mixed with swimmers' sweat, saliva or urine, and may damage the airways.

Infants were at risk of getting bronchitis by swimming according to Belgian researchers.

"This suggests that chlorinated pool attendance can increase the risk of asthma and respiratory allergies by making the airways more sensitive not only to allergens but also to infectious agents," senior researcher Dr Alfred Bernard, of Catholic University Louvain in Brussels said.

Bernard and his colleagues after assessing 430 Belgian kindergarteners found 36 per cent of kids who got exposed to pools before the age of two had a history of bronchitis.