My swimming coach always keeps a sealed bottle of seawater in his beach bag in August, and it’s not for rinsing his feet

My swimming coach always keeps a sealed bottle of seawater in his beach bag in August, and it's not for rinsing his feet

A swimming coach’s August beach bag contains a mysterious sealed bottle of seawater—not for rinsing feet, but for emergency jellyfish sting treatment. The science is surprisingly counterintuitive: fresh water makes stings worse, while seawater is nature’s perfect antidote.