Rinsing off before getting in a pool

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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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Bad Breath

Surprised woman with long hair

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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