Blue pee water????

[ThaSatelliteGuy]

Ok, I searched, and I couldnt find this question asked yet....

In that new movie, "Grownups", there is some chemical that is supposedly put in a public pool that makes the water turn dark blue when you pee in the pool.... real or fake???

[PoolDoc]

Fake.

There are indicators, apparently, but not chlorine stable ones.

[chem geek]

Even Snopes talkes about why this isn't true here (http://www.snopes.com/science/poolpiss.asp).

[CarlD]

There is, however, a genetic disease that can do that and cause mental illness at the same time. The film "The Madness of King George" is about that (also a surprisingly interesting and exciting flick about George III).

[polyvue]

There is, however, a genetic disease that can do that and cause mental illness at the same time. The film "The Madness of King George" is about that (also a surprisingly interesting and exciting flick about George III).
Nigel Hawthorne's performance was great in that film, wasn't it?

Whether genetic or not (see Porphyria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porphyria)), I would discourage jaundiced, purple-peeing swimmers from using my pool.

[CarlD]

Nigel Hawthorne's performance was great in that film, wasn't it?

Whether genetic or not (see Porphyria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porphyria)), I would discourage jaundiced, purple-peeing swimmers from using my pool.

Especially if they are bats-in-the-belfry crazy!