Artificial Sweetener In Pool Water Speaks Volumes About Swimmers’ Peeing Habits

Pee in a pool is a health hazard, so new artificial sweetener tests may be developed.

Some people pee in public pools. That’s no news flash, but recently scientists figured out a way to utilize the artificial sweetener acesulfame potassium (ACE) as an indicator of just how much people actually pee in public pools. The research wasn’t just based on curiosity when urine is in pool water compounds are formed that can be harmful to human health. The report of the research that measured artificial sweetener levels in pool water was published in the American Chemical Society’s journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters.

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