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This video originally posted to TikTok in July 2021.
Hosted by: Hank Green (he/him)
Alex Billow: Writer
Kyle Nackers: Fact Checker
Savannah Geary: Editor, Producer
Nicole Sweeney: Executive Producer
Hank Green: Executive Producer
Sources:
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es405402r
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/03/01/517785902/just-how-much-pee-is-in-that-pool
https://chlorine.americanchemistry.com/Science-Center/Chlorine-Compound-of-the-Month-Library/Chloramines-Understanding-Pool-Smell/
Image Sources:
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/landscaped-pool-gm157475651-9855415
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/swimming-pool-water-treatment-with-chlorine-gm182884158-13817378
Hosted by: Hank Green (he/him)
Alex Billow: Writer
Kyle Nackers: Fact Checker
Savannah Geary: Editor, Producer
Nicole Sweeney: Executive Producer
Hank Green: Executive Producer
Sources:
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es405402r
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/03/01/517785902/just-how-much-pee-is-in-that-pool
https://chlorine.americanchemistry.com/Science-Center/Chlorine-Compound-of-the-Month-Library/Chloramines-Understanding-Pool-Smell/
Image Sources:
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/landscaped-pool-gm157475651-9855415
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/swimming-pool-water-treatment-with-chlorine-gm182884158-13817378
People are peeing in the swimming pool, and we have the chemistry to prove it. Because, yeah, that's not chlorine that creates the distinctive pool smell. That's chemicals that form when chlorine reacts with pee. And sweat. And body oils. But mostly pee! Researchers mixed chlorine with uric acid, a compound found in both sweat and urine, but by far in more concentration in urine. The results: trichloramine and cyanogen chloride, which contribute to the pool smell, but even worse it can irritate your eyes and lungs. So if you're tired of getting all red-eyed after a swim, and your pool smells like "chlorine" you now know what to blame. And that's why chemists are asking people to please, PLEASE, stop peeing in the pool