Answer: Peed in a pool
Clues: “Relieved” and “Swimming”
53% of Americans admit they’ve peed in a pool as an adult, and 48% don’t wash their swimsuits with soap after every swim.
23% also claim they wouldn’t report a “code brown” in a community or hotel pool, because it could lead to the pool being temporarily closed down. And get this: 14% of swimmers say they’d personally remove the poo to avoid a shutdown.
63% of frequent swimmers say they regularly eat or drink while in the pool, which may seem harmless, but it often leaves behind crumbs, spills, and sticky residues in the water.
48% of people say they regularly use pools to rinse dirt or sand from their bare feet or sandals.
Chlorine is added to sanitize pools, but every contaminant weakens the chlorine, including human contaminants (even sweat), chemicals (like sunscreens and lotions), and natural dirt and debris.
Only 16% of people realize that chlorine’s germ-killing power gets locked up when battling contaminants.
And 42% of people incorrectly believe that a strong chlorine smell means the pool is extra clean. In reality, that smell comes from chloramines, which are chemical by-products that form when chlorine reacts with contaminants.
Those chloramines can irritate your eyes and skin, and are a sign that the pool is not clean, and needs to be treated and re-balanced.