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Pee, not chlorine, causes red eyes from swimming pools
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Chlorine is actually good for healing up things. It does wonders for planters worts on feet but only if you are in clean waters to begin with.
Posted by: Theresa | June 26, 2015 at 11:23 AM
I'm sorry to disagree with the article because if you put some of the chlorine pool chemical in your eye, I guarantee it'll irritate and turn your eye red. That's why it's important to check the balance of pH and chemicals.
Posted by: MOTW | June 26, 2015 at 12:43 PM
The Fireside Theater Guide to Swimming Pools,
Candaian Edition.
Posted by: funny man | June 26, 2015 at 12:44 PM
Wait an hour before going into the pool. Repeat until time to leave.
Posted by: Bob | June 26, 2015 at 01:36 PM
a sign I once saw at a swimming center said:
"OOL" ....... There's no 'P' in our pool let's keep it that way!
I suppose the sign could have said just 'L'
Posted by: Kennef | June 26, 2015 at 01:42 PM
If this is true, the water in my high school pool must have been 90% ... umm... not water.
Posted by: Betsy | June 26, 2015 at 02:24 PM
always taste the water before dunking.
Posted by: ImNotDave | June 26, 2015 at 02:55 PM
I always told my kids if they peed in the pool a red ring would form around them and everybody would know what they'd done and then laugh at them. They still believe that.
Posted by: nursecindy | June 26, 2015 at 04:23 PM
nursecindy, I had always thought that there was such a thing, but it's actually an urban legend:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urine-indicator_dye
Another childhood myth gone to smash...now, I suppose, I can go ahead and eat those lemon seeds, because a tree will NOT grow in my stomach when I do.
Sigh...
Posted by: K | June 26, 2015 at 11:22 PM