Swimmers beware
November 3, 2015 -- The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) came out with a report this year that confirms something I've long believed: it isn't the chlorine in a swimming pool that makes your eyes sting; it is the chemical formed by the combination of chlorine and urine that does that. (See Newsweek article about the CDC report by clicking here .) Swimming in public pools has always made my eyes sting. I swim laps for a full sixty minutes every day, so my eyes have much exposure to the water. Of course, when swimming laps in public pools I would wear goggles. But goggles do leak. Or, if they don't, they're so tight that they're uncomfortable. Now I swim in a pool that is used my nobody but me and my husband. I don't wear goggles. I still swim laps for 60 minutes or more, and voila. My eyes do not sting at all. Yes, our pool has chlorine. The company that built the pool is the company who maintains it weekly...