17-Year-Old Minnesota High School Swimmer Creates Device Detecting Harmful Pool Chemicals

After linking team symptoms to chloramines, Aditi Gandhi built a prototype to track air quality and improve swimmer safety. Stock photo via Keith Dunlap

Blake School student-athlete Aditi Gandhi took it upon herself to address an issue that many swimmers worldwide experience: the sickly feeling after long practices, which sometimes stems from harmful chemicals in the pools where swimmers train.

β€œMe and my teammates, we would notice after long practices that we would start feeling very sick,” Gandhi said in an interview with MPR News. β€œI would notice increased inflammation and pain after swimming, when swimming is actually supposed to take away your pain, because it circulates blood.”…

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