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Uh, I hate to break it to you, but unless you swim in a dead body of water, there are worse things than human urine and feces in the water...

• snazz 8y ago
  Where I live, plenty more people are infected from bacteria in goose poop in lakes than from human waste in swimming pools.
  • paganel 8y ago
    That’s why it’s never such a good idea to swim in a lake.
    • snazz 8y ago
      At the very least, you shouldn’t stick your head in the water, and swimming in shallower areas exposes you more strongly to contaminants than in deep areas.
• 00N8 8y ago
  conversely, it seems like unless there are dead bodies in the water, human waste would be the worst likely contaminant. or am I missing something?
  • PhasmaFelis 8y ago
    There's certainly the dead bodies/waste products of fish in natural water, and there's no chlorine to sterilize them.
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• olyjohn 8y ago
  Yeah, don't care. The mental image of 1000 kids peeing in the pool, and the same water being in it for months on end grosses me out to no end. I also honestly can't imagine what is worse than human piss and shit. Maybe those leeches that swim up your dickhole? I don't think there are any of those around here. I'm genuinely curious what is worse...