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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The smell of “pool” is actually the smell of piss. Without piss chlorine has a much less potent smell.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/03/01/517785902/just-how-much-pee-is-in-that-pool

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago

Correct me if I'm mistaken, but iirc it is the smell of the chlorine reacting with any pollutant, not just pee. Skin cells and skin oils will make it smell like that, too.