Eli5 if chlorine is toxic how come it doesn’t harm me in swimming pools?

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Eli5 if chlorine is toxic how come it doesn’t harm me in swimming pools?

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If you start drinking pool water, it will certainly make you ill.

If you go to an indoor wave pool that’s highly chlorinated you may pick up a nasty cough.

Chlorine in pools is kept at a low enough concentration that it doesn’t harm your skin, but a higher concentration certainly would.