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   RS Wood to JAB   
   Re: Just How Much Pee Is In That Pool?   
   03 Mar 17 01:23:18   
   
   From: rsw@therandymon.com   
      
   On 2017-03-01, JAB  wrote:   
   > But up until now, just how much urine has been difficult to measure,   
   > says chemist Xing-Fang Li of the University of Alberta. Li and her   
   > colleagues report they can now tell roughly how much pee is in a pool   
   > by measuring the artificial sweeteners carried in most people's urine.   
   > Certain sweeteners can be a good proxy for pee, she says, because   
   > they're designed to "go right through you" and don't break down   
   > readily in pool water.   
      
      
   This is really interesting.  A little scary to think about the chemical make   
   up of those artificial sweeteners though!   
      
   Each time I return to the USA after an extended stay overseas, I'm   
   astonished by how sweet American bread is - it's clearly full of corn syrup,   
   which is appalling.   
      
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