The Dirty Secret of Olympic Swimming: Everyone Pees in the Pool

3 points by gnicholas 11 months ago | 3 comments
  • gnicholas 11 months ago
    > According to Brian Spear, whose company handled the chemical filtration of the pools used for U.S. Olympic Swim Trials, the potent smell associated with swimming pools is the byproduct of odorless chlorine reacting with organic compounds in the water, like hair or dead skin. Or urine.

    Interesting...so if a pool "smells like chlorine," that means it's very dirty?

    • razodactyl 11 months ago
      If a pool smells like chlorine. It means that chemical is doing its job.
      • gnicholas 11 months ago
        But how can you tell that the chlorine has been depleted by doing its job?