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Re:Pee, Not Chlorine, Causes Red Eyes from Swimming Pools: C... by Groxx on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @06:33PM (#19213175)
Any idea what makes tap water smell like a pool? It evaporates out pretty quickly (a day or so in a normal pitcher), whatever the cause, and I've always assumed it was chlorine since it smells like a tiny waft of bleach.
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Re:Pee, Not Chlorine, Causes Red Eyes from Swimming Pools: C... by eesmith on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @09:51PM (#19214122)
Quoting myself in the comment you replied to, "the trichloramine product of chlorine interacting with urea".
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Re:Pee, Not Chlorine, Causes Red Eyes from Swimming Pools: C... by Groxx on Friday February 22, 2019 @12:09AM (#19223282)
That's probably less of an issue for water straight from the tap than a pool / a bucket of water that was peed into. Unless there's more urea in tap water than I expect.
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