In our last stop of the Speaking of Chemistry Road Trip, Kimberly Prather of UCSD and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography drops some serious knowledge on us.
Our pools are full of disinfectant chemicals that keep them free of microorganisms, but we're going to answer that age old swimmer's question - is it really okay to pee in the pool?
Lead levels were dangerously high in Flint’s tap water. Now, researchers at Virginia Tech are using analytical chemistry to try and make water safer.