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Is urinating in the pool really all that bad?

(China Daily) Updated: 2016-07-29 16:29

Julie Anne Exter (UK)

For a lazy child, it was the ultimate pool hack. No need to stop playing and get out! Sure, it was a little gross, but pools have chlorine, and chlorine sterilizes pretty much everything, right? It really seemed like a victimless crime. It was also the kind of crime that everyone committed in secret. You didn't want to be called out for it -- ultimate shame. But still, if there was any possibility of getting away with it, you were gonna do it. Or, at least, I was gonna do it.

Is urinating in the pool really all that bad?

Karamay people swim at the standard pool of the expanded Karamay Swimming Pool, one of the best swimming pools in northwest China. [Photo/Agencies]

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