<div><p>You'd better be careful about how much time you spend in public swimming pools. Studies at the University of Alberta revealed that approximately <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/how-much-wee-is-in-our-swimming-pools-new-tests-reveal-the-inconvenient-truth_uk_58b6dc18e4b060480e0d88a6">75 litres of urine</a> were found in Olympic-sized swimming pools. Yuck! </p><p>Believe it or not, that's not the worst part. Studies reveal that a swimmer ingests about <a href="http://www.msn.com/en-ca/health/wellness/this-is-what-swallowing-swimming-pool-pee-does-to-your-body/ar-BByhBBm">20 nanolitres of pee</a> each time they accidentally swallow water. While that's not a lot, the chemical bonding process of pool chlorine and uric acid in urine can become hazardous.</p><p> </p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/dpstphotos1868793-uid14889835413939-640x360-1.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/dpstphotos1868793-uid14889835413939-640x360-1_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Wral</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>The two chemicals together create <a href="http://www.msn.com/en-ca/health/wellness/this-is-what-swallowing-swimming-pool-pee-does-to-your-body/ar-BByhBBm">cyanogen chloride</a>, a toxic mixture that must be reported to the <a href="https://www.opcw.org/">Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons</a> if made in large doses. Slight exposure to the chemical might cause eye redness, nausea, and vomiting. </p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>Before you swear off public swimming pools forever, remember that a small amount of this substance isn't harmful. "In that one suspect mouthful you'd actually be drinking less than two and a half picograms of the stuff "“ one thousand million times smaller than the safe limit," says <a href="http://www.msn.com/en-ca/health/wellness/this-is-what-swallowing-swimming-pool-pee-does-to-your-body/ar-BByhBBm">MSN.com</a>. </p><p>Did you know this? Make sure you share with your friends. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p></div>
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