• Question: why does chlorine hurt your eyes?

    Asked by anon-181147 on 22 Jun 2018.
    • Photo: Alexandra Hogan

      Alexandra Hogan answered on 22 Jun 2018:

      Chlorine strips away the film that protects your cornea (which is the transparent layer at the front of your eye), which makes your eyes susceptible to irritation from all the bits of dirt floating around in the water.

    • Photo: Ashley Akbari

      Ashley Akbari answered on 24 Jun 2018:

      Alex has answered this one, and to add that the amount of chlorine in water can increase the rate and irritation that this can cause

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