{"id":224963,"date":"2016-10-12T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T16:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=224963"},"modified":"2016-10-12T08:25:09","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T15:25:09","slug":"lets-stop-peeing-in-the-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/lets-stop-peeing-in-the-pool\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Stop Peeing in the Pool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Katie Wingert, Swimming World College Intern.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Peeing in the pool is as natural for many of us as hitting streamline in a flip-turn or touching the wall with two hands in fly and breast. But according to recent studies, those harmless pee stops in between repeats could be negatively affecting your respiratory health for the long-term.<\/p>\n<p>Caution: mini science lesson ahead. Take a deep breath (if you can).<\/p>\n<p>According to a study from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/releases\/2014\/Q2\/swimming-pool-urine-combines-with-chlorine-to-pose-health-risks.html\" target=\"_blank\">Purdue University<\/a>, when the chlorine comes into contact with the uric acid in your urine, a byproduct of chlorine\u2014chloramine\u2014is created. There are three types of chloramines: monochloramine, dichloramine, and trichloramine. Monochloramines and dichloramines remain in the water. These chloramines cause the skin irritation and hair damage that is often identified as the stereotypical swimmer image. The effects of these chloramines can be combatted with products like SwimSpray, which neutralize the residual chlorine byproducts on your skin.<\/p>\n<p>Trichloramines, however, are a trickier matter. Trichloramines become airborne and reside above the water\u2019s surface, just where we are breathing. Swimmers, coaches, and lifeguards inhale trichloramines constantly in indoor pools, which naturally are not as well ventilated as outdoor pools. These trichloramines\u2014what we smell when we say a pool \u201csmells like chlorine\u201d\u2014are linked to chronic respiratory problems, such as asthma.<\/p>\n<p>Competitive swimmers are more likely than athletes and non-athletes to be hypersensitive to inhaled irritants. According to a Finnish study by researchers from <a href=\"http:\/\/europepmc.org\/abstract\/MED\/10984362\/reload=0;jsessionid=LOvF3BgsSJIzUoyAvt5E.6\" target=\"_blank\">Helsinki University Hospital<\/a>, that hypersensitivity indicates that swimmers\u2019 airways are more irritated than those of other people. Additionally, swimmers are at a noticeably greater risk for asthma than other athletes and non-athletes.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists in Europe, like those from <a href=\"http:\/\/europepmc.org\/abstract\/MED\/10984362\/reload=0;jsessionid=LOvF3BgsSJIzUoyAvt5E.6\" target=\"_blank\">Utrecht University<\/a> in the Netherlands, have been researching this problem for years. It has taken Americans a bit longer to catch on to the problem. If you\u2019re swimming in the United States, the odds are that you\u2019re-a-peein\u2019 (pun intended).<\/p>\n<p>Not all of us know the science behind peeing in the pool, but almost all of us have an awareness of the effects. We joke about how you can find a pool from a mile away by following the smell. We tweet about \u201cchlorine cough,\u201d that raspy hacking that we hear as a barking chorus in the locker room. We line up a colorful array of inhalers on the pool deck as if medication is as necessary for our sport as snorkels and kickboards.<\/p>\n<p>We need to stop going with the flow, both literally and figuratively. While the problems with indoor pool air quality are often systemic\u2014ventilation systems that aren\u2019t always adequate, or pool water that isn\u2019t always treated properly\u2014we swimmers have the power to make a change in the pool.<\/p>\n<p>Change looks like finishing your warm-up and taking your stretched out bladder to the bathroom. Change looks like skipping the 30 seconds of grumbling with teammates about the main set and visiting your porcelain teammate, the John, instead. Change looks like celebrating the end of a long practice with a pee party in the bathroom stalls, instead of in your lanes.<\/p>\n<p>We can do better, swimmers. Talk to your coaches. Talk to your teammates. 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