Absolutely not . Despite Olympic swimmers such as Michael Phelps admitting to their practice, new research by a team of scientists at Purdue University (USA) has determined that the chlorine used for swimming pools can be potentially dangerous if mixed with the urine.
The study, which has been published by the American Chemical Society in the journal Environmental Science & Technology , explains that the combination of chlorine and urine can give rise to toxic substances that can cause health problems .
Although adding chlorine to swimming pool water is the most common way to kill disease-causing microbes, the action of urinating in this water makes a healthy summer activity a potential danger to our health.
To reach this conclusion, the researchers mixed uric acid in urine and chlorine; After an hour, substances such as trichloramines or cyanogen chloride had appeared, which are released into the air as a gas. Among the effects that inhalation of these and other toxic compounds can bring about are lung, heart and even central nervous system problems .
