Do I still have to add stabilizer (isocyanuric acid) to the pool water?
No, stabilizer is used to maintain chlorine levels in pools that use it. If you choose to oxidize the pool or spa with something other than chlorine you will not need stabilizer. Stabiliser is currently classed as a Toxicity Level One chemical in the USA by their Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Use of it is banned in indoor pools and it is prohibited from swimming in levels higher than 30ppm in outdoor pools. There are many documented cases of serious physical harm being suffered by swimmers exposed to high levels of chlorine stabilizer.
No, stabilizer is used to maintain chlorine levels in pools that use it. If you choose to oxidize the pool or spa with something other than chlorine you will not need stabilizer. Stabiliser is currently classed as a Toxicity Level One chemical in the USA by their Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Use of it is banned in indoor pools and it is prohibited from swimming in levels higher than 30ppm in outdoor pools. There are many documented cases of serious physical harm being suffered by swimmers exposed to high levels of chlorine stabilizer. The APVMA (Australian Government Body in Charge of Regulating Pool Chemicals) does not class stabilizer as a pool chemical and has therefore not required it to be registered as such. If it were to be assessed under the current APVMA guidelines for Swimming Pool and Spa Chemicals it would no doubt fail the toxicity test contained within these guidelines. Failing this toxicity test by stabiliser would then necessitate the recall of all stabilized
