This article is about Uric acid + Chlorine producing Cyanogen chloride (NCCl), but a bigger concern in practice is Urea + Chlorine producing Trichloramine (NCl3

This article is about Uric acid + Chlorine producing Cyanogen chloride (NCCl), but a bigger concern in practice is Urea + Chlorine producing Trichloramine (NCl3). It has been suggested[1] that this reaction is responsible for the rise in asthma cases. Also, it is responsible for some ignoble controversy around the new public bathhouse in my old home town. Apparently there was a perfect storm, in that the building both has a poorly designed ventilation system, _and_ inconveniently located restrooms which tempt people to... No deaths so far, but several people complained about the bathhouse air making their asthma flare up, and when measured the concentration was above the health and safety limits [2]. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pool_chlorine_hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pool_chlorine_hypothesis [2]http://www.sydsvenskan.se/lund/kansliga-personer-varnas-for-trikloraminet/ http://www.sydsvenskan.se/lund/kansliga-personer-varnas-for-...