Weekend Science: Is It Safe To Pee In The Pool?

Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 12:40 in Health & Medicine

Health officials say that holding in your urine when you really have to go can be harmful. But every public pool has signs that prohibit peeing in the pool. Yet a lot of Olympic swimmers admit to doing it anyway and if you are visiting a public water park and it's not 20 percent urine, count yourself lucky.  In season 5 of Seinfeld, George and Jerry had this very discussion: George Costanza: It's not good to hold it in. I read that in a medical journal. Jerry: Did the medical journal mention anything about standing in a pool of somebody else's urine? read more

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