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Pee, Not Chlorine, Causes Red Eyes from Swimming Pools: CDC (2015)

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Re: Pee, Not Chlorine, Causes Red Eyes from Swimming Pools: CDC (2015)

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Post by sbov »

dotancohen wrote: post #215
tsmarsh wrote: post #86

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Parent of two kids that have used swim diapers. I would be very surprised if those diapers were even 10% effective. Out of the pool they're basically 0% effective. And yes, I've read the instructions, and spoken to the folks who run the pool. Mostly I think they're just there to keep the poop in long enough to get the kid out of the pool.

That is exactly what the swim diapers are for! Are you suggesting that perhaps some people think it is all right to leave their kid in the pool with a swim diaper full of excrement?

Sure, but it's not always obvious when a kid wearing a swim diaper poops. And they don't always tell you. Especially if they know it means they have to get out of the pool to change the diaper.

Re: Pee, Not Chlorine, Causes Red Eyes from Swimming Pools: CDC (2015)

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Post by spookthesunset »

lukevdp wrote: post #190
dragonwriter wrote: post #161

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> Most pools require toddlers and infants to wear special swim diapers that provide some type of barrier to prevent pee (and worse) from getting in the water. Swim diapers are to prevent feces from getting in the pool, or at least greatly limit the quantity. They really don't do much of anything for urine, nor are they intended to. (An absorbent diaper in a pool would be useless and fail completely as it would become…

Not sure why this is getting downvoted because it’s 100% correct. I’ve got two toddlers, we use these and it says this on the package.

Dunno why. Swim diapers are only to keep solid poop from escaping into the water. They aren't at all meant to keep in urine. To keep urine (or liquid poo) from escaping you'd basically need some kind of completely waterproof barrier between the kiddo and the pool water... which would be pretty friggin awkward to wear.

Re: Pee, Not Chlorine, Causes Red Eyes from Swimming Pools: CDC (2015)

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Post by hire_charts »

anonytrary wrote: post #249

I've always avoided swimming because of this. Other people, who may not wipe their bottoms properly, are getting into the same pool as you. Sometimes they pee (and they always excrete saliva) into the pool. It kind of grosses me out, and I've never really understood why it's not more taboo. In elementary school, I was never a fan of the game "bobbing for apples", because all of the other kids stick their mouths into…

On the other hand, what better way to give your immune system a head start?

Re: Pee, Not Chlorine, Causes Red Eyes from Swimming Pools: CDC (2015)

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Post by [deleted] »

anonytrary wrote: post #249

I've always avoided swimming because of this. Other people, who may not wipe their bottoms properly, are getting into the same pool as you. Sometimes they pee (and they always excrete saliva) into the pool. It kind of grosses me out, and I've never really understood why it's not more taboo. In elementary school, I was never a fan of the game "bobbing for apples", because all of the other kids stick their mouths into…

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Re: Pee, Not Chlorine, Causes Red Eyes from Swimming Pools: CDC (2015)

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Post by yesenadam »

gambiting wrote: post #58
deepGem wrote: post #51

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Gosh this is not gonna go well with the public. I know several kids who just can't hold pee in the pool. They'll just let it out. Also its not like the toilets are right there. You often have to get out of the pool, walk like 100 yards or down a flight of stairs. It's a PITA. Even Michael Phelps once said in an interview that very rarely competitive swimmers get out of the pool to pee.

I'm constantly shocked and disgusted that people actually pee in pools and that it's not some joke someone made up somewhere.

I heard somewhere an interview with a water polo player who said he'd never known a player to get out of the pool to pee.

Re: Pee, Not Chlorine, Causes Red Eyes from Swimming Pools: CDC (2015)

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Post by HarryHirsch »

spookthesunset wrote: post #250
HarryHirsch wrote: post #205

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I wish they would ban swim diapers altogether. You never know what's in there, there probably is something, if the parents see the necessity. Just ban child and parent for a month if they can't hold it and spoil the pool for everyone.

So how exactly do you propose telling a 1 or 2 year old not to poop in a pool?

Children who do not have proper bowel control yet are out of place in the public pool. Why should people have to put up with someone else's faeces? It's not hygienic.

Re: Pee, Not Chlorine, Causes Red Eyes from Swimming Pools: CDC (2015)

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Post by gambiting »

nck4222 wrote: post #173
gambiting wrote: post #58

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I'm constantly shocked and disgusted that people actually pee in pools and that it's not some joke someone made up somewhere.

I mean, what about all the other body fluids/debris that are in pools? Saliva, sweat, earwax, belly button lint, bird shit, insects, band-aids, small animal carcasses that get trapped in the filters but are removed before the pool opens? There's no avoiding other peoples/animals grossness, frankly whether your in a pool or just out and about. Urine may be gross, but it's sterile, and at least for me, there are grosse…

Most of the things you listed you have no control over, but you can totally get out of the pool to pee. I see zero reason to pee in a public pool unless you are a toddler and have no control over it.

Re: Pee, Not Chlorine, Causes Red Eyes from Swimming Pools: CDC (2015)

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Post by yesenadam »

lotophage wrote: post #209
ham_sandwich wrote: post #30

As a longtime swimmer and water polo player, my eyes have been absolutely wrecked by harsh pools many, many times. However, I don’t think it’s pee. First off, every swimmer pees in the pool. I have been a part of tens of thousands of man-hours in the pool and seen people get out to pee maybe three times. I have been in the first games of the day at water polo tournaments and have seen them chlorine shock the water fo…

> First off, every swimmer pees in the pool Straight up lie. I've swum for two decades and never pissed in a pool. Losing 30-60secs from a set to go take a piss is nothing. In Australia at least, pissing in the pool is considered repulsive. I don't doubt that some people piss in the pool, but I've never been in a squad and felt a "warm patch". If that did happen, others would notice and the person would be socially o…

>Straight up lie.

I think you meant just that it's not true. (Lying is where people say something they don't believe is true, attempting to deceive others.) I bother mentioning this because groundless accusations of lying seem to me to break the 'assume good faith' guideline.

Re: Pee, Not Chlorine, Causes Red Eyes from Swimming Pools: CDC (2015)

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Post by a_t48 »

vichu83 wrote: post #259

Such a racist post. For a story from canada, they found a stock picture from India. Why do they relate a negative story with brown people?

If they used a picture with all white people, would someone be accusing them of not being representative enough?

Edit: Snark aside, in this case they probably just picked a random image off of Getty Images. As HN commenting guidelines say: "Assume good faith."

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