I'm with Scuba. I'm heading out into the water!

It is perfectly fine to pee in the ocean.

Here's the quick chemistry lesson:

Human urine is 95 percent water. It also contains sodium (Na) and chloride (CL) ions — these are the same components that make up regular table salt (NaCL).
The ocean too is made up mostly of water (more than 96 percent) and an even higher concentration of sodium and chloride ions.
Both the ocean and urine also contain potassium (K).
One compound found in urine that is not found in the ocean is urea. It is a carbon-based compound that helps the body rid itself of nitrogen. But, the nitrogen in urea can combine in ocean water to produce ammonium, a compound that acts as food for ocean plant life. You might even say that peeing in the ocean is actually GOOD for the plants and animals there. ((though certainly not waste dumping))

All the animals that live in the ocean also pee in the ocean, including fin whales, which produce 250 gallons of pee each day. Even if every human on earth peed in the ocean at the same time, it would only create a tiny concentration of urea.


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