FOX Health: Nearly 80 percent of public swimming pools and hot tubs inspected in five U.S. states in 2013 had health or safety violations, highlighting a public health threat ahead of summer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.
The CDC said it studied the five states with the most public swimming facilities: Arizona, California, Florida, New York and Texas.
In one of every eight pools inspected, the violations were so serious the pools were forced to close immediately, the U.S. health agency said. One out of five children’s wading pools inspected was immediately closed, according to the study.
“This is particularly troubling because children who are still learning their toiletry skills are more likely to contaminate the water, and more likely to swallow the water, both of which can lead to diarrheal illness,” Michael Beach, the CDC’s associate director for healthy water, said during a telephone conference. MORE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSMZysHNwxY
I remember the days when we use to swim in ponds, Lakes and streams. I’m wondering if they were any better?
http://www.phd5.idaho.gov/Docs/EVH-Swimming_Manual.pdf
I have a degree in SPM. I’m not kidding.
By the way poop does not float
This is why I have a house with it’s own pool. Self clean it and everything.
That’s where Baby Ruths and O’Henrys come from, right?
Some call them wading pools.
Some call them kiddie pools.
I call them half-and-half pools.
Reasonable people will quit sending their children to public pools, including the YMCA because of the males in the women’s locker room, showers.