It's released: Chemical scientists say they can pee at sea [video]

Let the first stone throw who never peed in the sea in a tight moment and without a bathroom nearby on the beach. If you are part of this class, you can rest assured that urinating in the ocean has been proven harmless by the American Chemical Society (ACS).

According to ACS chemists, not only is it okay to urinate at sea, but the action can help the marine fauna to grow. To better illustrate the data, ACS produced an animated video to explain everything in an easy and fun way. The video is in English, but below we'll show why peeing at sea doesn't do any damage.

When a person urinates in the sea, he releases a series of compounds that aquatic plants need to grow. Urine is made up of 95% water while still containing sodium and chloride ions. Already the sea is formed by 96.5% of water and also contains these elements, although in a much higher concentration. Both urine and seawater also contain potassium.

Unimportant Quantity

Therefore, almost everything in the urine is in the sea and this is not capable of drastically altering any marine organism. In addition, the ACS video explains that the amount of urea humans throw into the sea can only be considered a drop in the vastness.

For example, the volume of the Atlantic Ocean is 350 quintillion liters. By comparison, even if all seven billion people on Earth peed in the sea, the amount of urea would still be about 60 parts per trillion, which means a very small portion.

In addition, urea contains a large amount of nitrogen, which combines with water to produce ammonia. Ammonia, in turn, feeds the plant life of the ocean and is really beneficial in this regard.

Finally, the video points out that all animals in the ocean also pee in the water. A whale, for example, can shed about 970 liters of urine a day at sea. "So if they aren't hurting things, you certainly aren't either, " the video says.

So if the urge to pee squeezes (pee only!) While you are at sea, feel free to do so. However, the video warned tourists not to “relieve themselves” in protected areas such as coral reefs. Needless to say, this pee release isn't for swimming pools either, is it?

And it's not just for hygiene reasons. What happens is that when uric acid reacts with pool chlorine, two of the compounds formed, trichloramine and cyanogen chloride, are related to lung problems and may also cause heart and nervous system problems.