Why Do Your Eyes Get Red in the Pool?
It's not just chlorine that irritates your eyes in a pool. It's actually something a lot more disgusting Get your own SciShow Beach Towel: ...
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Maybe you've had this experience. After a long day at the pool, your eyes start stinging a little. They might even turn red, a burning, itchy bloodshot mess. Now you might think that's the price you pay for swimming without goggles and that your eyes are just sensitive to the chlorine in the water. The real answer is a lot more disgusting. Apologies in advance. The stinging redness actually means the water you've been in for the past hour includes a fair amount of urine, sweat, or even poop. Yep. Your eyes are actually doing you a sort of favor and screaming out in their bloodshot pain that you've been in water that's less than sanitary. To be fair, chlorine is still involved. The real offenders here are a class of chemicals called chloramines which form when chlorine reacts with...
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Maybe you've had this experience. After a long day at the pool, your eyes start stinging a little. They might even turn red, a burning, itchy bloodshot mess. Now you might think that's the price you pay for swimming without goggles and that your eyes are just sensitive to the chlorine in the water. The real answer is a lot more disgusting. Apologies in advance. The stinging redness actually means the water you've been in for the past hour includes a fair amount of urine, sweat, or even poop. Yep. Your eyes are actually doing you a sort of favor and screaming out in their bloodshot pain that you've been in water that's less than sanitary. To be fair, chlorine is still involved. The real offenders here are a class of chemicals called chloramines which form when chlorine reacts with...
