Urine, Not Chlorine, Causes Red Eyes in Pools (2015)
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Urine, Not Chlorine, Causes Red Eyes in Pools (2015)
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Re: Urine, Not Chlorine, Causes Red Eyes in Pools (2015)
#2That is why you should shower before going in to the pool. At school we were always required to shower before and after.
One pool I have been at added a shower you have to go through to get to the pool. It's a continues curtain of water.
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#3I want to stop learning now.
Re: Urine, Not Chlorine, Causes Red Eyes in Pools (2015)
#4>Actually, according to CDC healthy swimming spokesperson and epidemiologist Michele Hlavsa, it’s poop. She tells LiveScience’s Rachael Rettner that people with diarrhea can spread a filter and chorine-resistant Cryptosporidium, a parasite that is the leading cause of waterborne disease.
I love swimming and this article has just disturbed me so much, I'm not sure I'll be going to the swimming pool in the near future.
Re: Urine, Not Chlorine, Causes Red Eyes in Pools (2015)
#5That just killed my swimming sessions. Thanks HN!
Re: Urine, Not Chlorine, Causes Red Eyes in Pools (2015)
#6The headline is a bit clickbaity. The third paragraph starts with "In fact, chlorine is still a culprit." A more accurate title could be "Urine and Chlorine Cause Red Eyes in Pools."
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#7>Actually, according to CDC healthy swimming spokesperson and epidemiologist Michele Hlavsa, it’s poop. She tells LiveScience’s Rachael Rettner that people with diarrhea can spread a filter and chorine-resistant Cryptosporidium, a parasite that is the leading cause of waterborne disease. I love swimming and this article has just disturbed me so much, I'm not sure I'll be going to the swimming pool in the near future.
My wife had an attack of cryptosporidium a few years back that the doctor said was almost certainly from a swimming pool - very unpleasant bug.
Re: Urine, Not Chlorine, Causes Red Eyes in Pools (2015)
#8Well this is.... unfortunate.
Re: Urine, Not Chlorine, Causes Red Eyes in Pools (2015)
#9That is why you should shower before going in to the pool. At school we were always required to shower before and after. One pool I have been at added a shower you have to go through to get to the pool. It's a continues curtain of water.
Slightly off topic, but you should shower to avoid temperature difference too, specially in hot days. I don't know about the lifeguard situation in USA, in Italy it's pretty terrible; it should be absolutely required to have a shower before jumping in the water.
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#10I helped maintain a large public pool a few years back, and I saw first hand how disgusting they could be. I now swim almost exclusively in creeks and rivers.