One of the ground rules when coming to swimming pools is not to pee in the water, which seems to be acknowledged by everyone. However, who knows what happened while nobody is willing to admit?
Of the very few people, in 2012, Michael Phelps disclosed that he did it and thought it was just normal. He stated that after hours in the pool, he and his fellows really needs go out to urinate. Whereas, it takes time to go out so they decide to tinkle right in water.
As explanation for this attitude, Phelps and other swimmers said “Chlorine will kill it”. It is not wrong to say that, but it is not absolutely right, either. Urine may be dissipated by Chlorine, however the mixture create Cyanogen Chloride, which is fatal. According to a research, it needs roughly 3 million people getting at the pool and upload their pee into it, then someone could be killed of the mixture.
3 million may sound extremely enormous and there could never be such an amount of people gathering at a pool at one time. In fact, public pool water is frequently filtered; it is not changed every day as some myths may claim. It takes a long period of time before water in a pool is really changed. Sometimes people swim in the same water in 2 years. So, lets think, what if urine still available in that water and day after day, there are thousands of people going swimming in that pool?
In addition, the pee-chlorine combo also makes Trichloramine (Ncl3), another lung irritant, and just a touch of chloroform. In recent years scientists have wondered whether exposure to trichloramine is linked to rising rates of childhood asthma. If you have asthma or swim frequently, pool chemicals may cause respiratory problems, even without the urine effect .
Moreover, there are tons of other harmful components in a pool rather than Chlorine and urine, such as hair, dead skin, saliva, tears, snot and especially sweat. More dangerously, some people who have open sores, or have anything even closely resembling a UTI still jump into the pool. Before dying of urine, sadly we have to suffer from those awful things.
Of the very few people, in 2012, Michael Phelps disclosed that he did it and thought it was just normal. He stated that after hours in the pool, he and his fellows really needs go out to urinate. Whereas, it takes time to go out so they decide to tinkle right in water.
As explanation for this attitude, Phelps and other swimmers said “Chlorine will kill it”. It is not wrong to say that, but it is not absolutely right, either. Urine may be dissipated by Chlorine, however the mixture create Cyanogen Chloride, which is fatal. According to a research, it needs roughly 3 million people getting at the pool and upload their pee into it, then someone could be killed of the mixture.
3 million may sound extremely enormous and there could never be such an amount of people gathering at a pool at one time. In fact, public pool water is frequently filtered; it is not changed every day as some myths may claim. It takes a long period of time before water in a pool is really changed. Sometimes people swim in the same water in 2 years. So, lets think, what if urine still available in that water and day after day, there are thousands of people going swimming in that pool?
In addition, the pee-chlorine combo also makes Trichloramine (Ncl3), another lung irritant, and just a touch of chloroform. In recent years scientists have wondered whether exposure to trichloramine is linked to rising rates of childhood asthma. If you have asthma or swim frequently, pool chemicals may cause respiratory problems, even without the urine effect .
Moreover, there are tons of other harmful components in a pool rather than Chlorine and urine, such as hair, dead skin, saliva, tears, snot and especially sweat. More dangerously, some people who have open sores, or have anything even closely resembling a UTI still jump into the pool. Before dying of urine, sadly we have to suffer from those awful things.