Comment on Anon swims
bfg9k@lemmy.world 6 months agoI find it funny that there is an acceptable level or urea in a pool and it’s like 10% lol
Comment on Anon swims
bfg9k@lemmy.world 6 months agoI find it funny that there is an acceptable level or urea in a pool and it’s like 10% lol
Chobbes@lemmy.world 6 months ago
This is sort of how everything works, unfortunately! Guaranteeing 0% of something is really hard. Your flour probably has a small percentage of bugs in it, for instance. Urea is a relatively small molecule that I imagine you can find tiny amounts of pretty much anywhere. I would be unsurprised if there was at least one molecule of urea in literally anything you eat!
That said, dear god I hope I’ve never been in a pool that’s 10% urine :(. Those kiddie pools at the water park are probably like 90% urine, though. Sometimes I wonder if by volume adults pee in the pool more than kids, though. I have a suspicion a good chunk of adults think it’s fine or will do it secretly anyway.
Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
It’s not even unfortunate. We’re a lot more robust than we think we are. We have two sets of organs designed to filter shit we consume out of us, and in quantities less than a certain amount, whatever it is isn’t noticeable. Also, chemicals used in public pools are designed to neutralize things like that. If the water isn’t noticeably tinged, you won’t even know the difference.
Chobbes@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Unfortunate in the sense that it just feels kind of gross is all I mean :). Of course this stuff is unlikely to cause any physical harm to somebody.
Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
That’s fair. I wasn’t trying to poke at you, it’s just one of the things that fascinates me. The dose always makes the poison, for everything from arsenic to water itself.