Pee, Not Chlorine, Causes Red Eyes from Swimming Pools: CDC (2015)

Re:Pee, Not Chlorine, Causes Red Eyes from Swimming Pools: C... by tsmarsh on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @12:23PM (#19209727)

Parent of two kids that have used swim diapers. I would be very surprised if those diapers were even 10% effective. Out of the pool they're basically 0% effective.

And yes, I've read the instructions, and spoken to the folks who run the pool.

Mostly I think they're just there to keep the poop in long enough to get the kid out of the pool.

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Re:Pee, Not Chlorine, Causes Red Eyes from Swimming Pools: C... by dotancohen on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @02:51PM (#19211349)

That is exactly what the swim diapers are for!

Are you suggesting that perhaps some people think it is all right to leave their kid in the pool with a swim diaper full of excrement?

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Re:Pee, Not Chlorine, Causes Red Eyes from Swimming Pools: C... by sbov on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @04:19PM (#19212100)

Sure, but it's not always obvious when a kid wearing a swim diaper poops. And they don't always tell you. Especially if they know it means they have to get out of the pool to change the diaper.

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Re:Pee, Not Chlorine, Causes Red Eyes from Swimming Pools: C... by sandos on Thursday February 21, 2019 @10:39AM (#19217555)

Swim diapers basically keep the _turds_ stationary. Water will still chew away at it and disperse poop everywhere, so its basically run out of the water when an "accident" happens. Still better than solid poop floating around I guess, but also, potentially, really nasty.

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