A survey conducted in April revealed that out of 1,000 adults questioned, one in five of them admitted to urinating in public swimming pools.
Additionally, seven out of ten said they didn’t rinse off before going in the pool.
Not showering beforehand increases the risk of infection for others – stuff like Giardia, E. coli, and parasites, according to an article on Yahoo!
My thought when peeing multiple times in every pool I ever ventured into was that chlorine would kill the bacteria, but I was wrong.
“An ideal swimming pool should be odorless, as chlorine only really smells when it’s interacting with contaminants. If the chlorine is pungent, you might want to cool off elsewhere.”
What have we learned? When taking a summer trip to the pool with your friends – Alexander, Dijana, Shelby, Stephanie, and Goldie – it is likely that one of them (probably Alexander) is relieving him/herself.
Oh, and… The stronger the chlorine smell, the more poop you’re immersed in. But, they left out one very important fact – 5 in 5 children pee in the pool. I don’t need to do a survey to know that.
[I always win at Clue…James Bond, in the ocean, with the urine.]
