While the dye that changes color after you pee in a pool might be a myth told to children to shame them from doing so, there are other ways to keep track of people diddling in the deep end.

Researchers in Canada may have finally solved a question that pool-goers have been asking for years: How much pee is really in the pool? The answer? More than one would think. Graduate students at the ...

Chances are, if you’re swimming in a pool, you’re touching at least a little pee. (Some of it might even come from the lifeguard.) But now scientists can figure out exactly how much is floating around ...

Sometimes, a healthy does of denial is necessary in order to do the things you enjoy, like swimming in a public pool. Because, pee. Just how much pee are you swimming in, though? According to a study, ...

A study into the amount of urine in swimming pools has revealed just how high the levels are - and the results are NOT pretty. Researchers developed a test to measure the amount of urine in the water ...

There was a time when certain bodily functions were off-limits in polite conversation. But we've become a society that reads "Everybody Poops" to their children. The "pee tape" factors in the ...

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That familiar "pool smell" might actually be a sign that someone had to go but didn't go to the restroom. The smell is not chlorine but a by-product that is created when chlorine breaks down urine and ...