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Why That "Clean Swimming Pool" Smell Is Actually Really, Really Bad News
« on: July 18, 2018, 05:51:53 pm »

Why That "Clean Swimming Pool" Smell Is Actually Really, Really Bad News
 
 
By Simon Cotton and Laura Finney
17 Jul 2018, 16:34

The Conversation

It’s recently been reported that scientists have managed to create a test to measure how much urine is in a swimming pool. It seems that peeing in the pool has become commonplace, and even high-profile swimmers have admitted to doing it during rigorous training sessions, arguing that the chlorine “kills it”. Not only is this untrue, but the chemical reaction that occurs between your pee and the chlorine creates a chemical that has been linked to asthma and other respiratory issues.

Nitrogen trichloride, also known as trichloramine, is made when the urea in your pee reacts with chlorine – the disinfectant widely used in swimming pool water. Nitrogen trichloride is largely made by accident in pools these days, but this compound was originally made for interest in 1812 by Pierre Louis DuLong.

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Re: Why That "Clean Swimming Pool" Smell Is Actually Really, Really Bad News
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2018, 06:44:34 pm »
Who pees in a pool?  Ick! 
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Re: Why That "Clean Swimming Pool" Smell Is Actually Really, Really Bad News
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2018, 06:46:18 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on July 18, 2018, 06:44:34 pm
Who pees in a pool?  Ick!

Well if you don't put pee into pool you end up with ool.
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« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2018, 07:08:17 pm »
 *hmmmm*
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Re: Why That "Clean Swimming Pool" Smell Is Actually Really, Really Bad News
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2018, 07:10:05 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on July 18, 2018, 06:44:34 pm
Who pees in a pool?  Ick!

I'm guessing you've never lifeguarded at a public pool.
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« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2018, 07:11:27 pm »
Quote from: skeeter on July 18, 2018, 07:10:05 pm
I'm guessing you've never lifeguarded at a public pool.

No, no I didn't. 
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« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2018, 07:16:17 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on July 18, 2018, 07:11:27 pm
No, no I didn't.

Pool pee is a given. It gets worse.

One summer we had a phantom swimmer who repeatedly left... solids... up on on the high dive. We never caught him.
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« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2018, 07:24:35 pm »
This is why I much prefer to swim in a large lake or the ocean.

More clean water to mitigate the pee factor.

(Unless of course it was Lake Erie in the 50's, and you could get scalded by the industrial waste.  ^-^)
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« Reply #8 on: July 18, 2018, 07:29:16 pm »
Quote from: musiclady on July 18, 2018, 07:24:35 pm
This is why I much prefer to swim in a large lake or the ocean.

More clean water to mitigate the pee factor.

(Unless of course it was Lake Erie in the 50's, and you could get scalded by the industrial waste.  ^-^)

We've got Barton Springs:

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« Reply #9 on: July 18, 2018, 07:31:43 pm »
And, Balmorhea:



And, Hamilton Pool, Deep Eddy, Blue Hole, Devil's Hole, etc.
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« Reply #10 on: July 18, 2018, 07:48:34 pm »
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« Reply #11 on: July 18, 2018, 09:30:30 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on July 18, 2018, 07:29:16 pm
We've got Barton Springs:



I'd gladly swim there!!
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« Reply #12 on: July 18, 2018, 09:43:46 pm »
Quote from: musiclady on July 18, 2018, 09:30:30 pm
I'd gladly swim there!!

It's spring water, and it's really cold in the deep spots.  Beautiful place.
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« Reply #13 on: July 18, 2018, 10:01:25 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on July 18, 2018, 09:43:46 pm
It's spring water, and it's really cold in the deep spots.  Beautiful place.

Do you mind my asking where it is?
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« Reply #14 on: July 18, 2018, 10:04:28 pm »
Quote from: musiclady on July 18, 2018, 10:01:25 pm
Do you mind my asking where it is?

The first one is in Austin and the second one is in far west Texas.
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« Reply #15 on: July 18, 2018, 10:21:03 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on July 18, 2018, 10:04:28 pm
The first one is in Austin and the second one is in far west Texas.

Nice!
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Re: Why That "Clean Swimming Pool" Smell Is Actually Really, Really Bad News
« Reply #16 on: July 18, 2018, 10:26:42 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on July 18, 2018, 07:29:16 pm
We've got Barton Springs:



Billed as the world's largest public swimming pool and blessed with a continuous throughput of nice, clean, COLD spring water. 
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