• Pregnenolone@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    The smell of “pool” is actually the smell of piss. Without piss chlorine has a much less potent smell.

    https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/03/01/517785902/just-how-much-pee-is-in-that-pool

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      9 days ago

      Correct me if I’m mistaken, but iirc it is the smell of the chlorine reacting with any pollutant, not just pee. Skin cells and skin oils will make it smell like that, too.