MAYBE YOUR MOTHER told you, "Don't drink the water," but most swimmers probably give little thought to how much stuff is added to swimming pools to keep the water "balanced," as the pool lingo goes.
SOME additional aspects of the “Fate of Sodium 2,4-Dichloro-phenoxy-ethyl-sulphate” which Prof. L. J. Audus has discussed 1 may possibly lend further understanding to this interesting problem.