Study: Urine and pool water may create health risks


(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)


Previously, a 2006 study by Belgian researchers indicated there may be a possible link between the chemical and a rise of childhood asthma cases.

Jang Li, professor of applied chemistry at China Agriculture University and co-author of the study, told Quartz the uric acid can also create cyanogen chloride, another poisonous gas.

So think before you pee. That warm feeling could be someone else’s bad day.

John-Henry Perera