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How Much Pee Is In Swimming Pools? You're In For A Rude Awakening

  • April 27, 2017

According to Today, a typical swimming pool contains about 8 gallons of urine. The idea of splashing about in a vat of chlorinated urine is repellent to most people, but this contamination shouldn’t be a surprise. One in 5 Americans admits to having peed in a pool, and a former U.S. Olympic team member said nearly 100 percent of competitive swimmers urinate in the pool. Hot tubs are also almost universally contaminated with urine. Swimming in urine is unappealing, but is it dangerous?...