If you’re taking a refreshing dip in a pool with four other people, odds are one of you is urinating. This may sound gross, but its a old hard facts that would make all summer community pool goers depress. According to recent survey conducted by the Water Quality & Health Council a scientific research group sponsored by the American Chemistry Council.
Dr. Chris Wiant. a public health expert and WQHC chairman says,
We may act like potty-trained adults on land, but something about a body of water, even a small one, opens our natural floodgates and, puts us all at risk. “No matter how easy it is to pee anonymously in the pool, swimmers should avoid doing so,”
Although, adding chlorine to pool water, kills waterborne germs, frequent urinators does not help proper maintenance. If pool operators maintain proper chlorine and pH levels, most waterborne germs are killed on contact.
Did you know that 54 percent of public pools tested by the WQHC last year failed to provide the proper chlorine levels and 47 got low marks for pH balance.
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