Posts Tagged ‘bacteria’
Rinsing off before getting in a pool
Why rinse off before junping in? What is the science behind this healthy practice? It is essentially to remove impurities on our body that can contaminate the water. For example: perspiration, body oils, cosmetics, lotions, sunblock, topical medications, etc. In swimming pool water, chlorine binds to those impurities from our bodies, producing chloramines. Chloramines turn…
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We have all probably experienced this at one point or another… we get a whiff of someone’s bad breath and then we think, oh no! What if it’s me?! Called halitosis, bad breath is a frequent or persistent disagreeable smell to one’s breath. In most cases, the cause is in the mouth, by bacteria that…
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