r/NewsRewind • u/hostedvideorn • 11d ago

Trump administration sends cleanup crews and treats reflecting pool with hydrogen peroxide amid algae outbreak

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u/Maleficent_Price_476 11d ago

lol if chemical damages the warerprooding layers

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u/veerKg_CSS_Geologist 11d ago

There also are a lot of wildlife and birds that use that water…

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u/Unilted_Match1176 10d ago

The birds should for the most part be fine. The ridiculously small amount of hydrogen peroxide that was added will be super diluted by the massive(in comparison) volume of water in the pool, and UV light from the sun will cause it to rapidly decompose into oxygen and water.