What are you swimming in?

A little over a century ago, taking a dip in a public pool was a filthy business. The advent of chemical disinfection systems using chlorine put a stop to that. However, organic compounds entering the pool on swimmers’ skin and clothes react with the residual chlorine to produce cocktails of chemicals known as disinfection by-products (DBPs). Read the article to learn about the risks DBPs pose to swimmers and how those risks can be minimised.