Fecal Matter Found In Public Pools

It’s as you may have feared about public swimming pools: Those hoards of children, carefree and a bit saggy in the trunks, may be making that water a little poopy. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s most recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report includes research of the microbes found in pool filters . During the summer 2012 swimming season, researchers collected 161 filter samples from metro-Atlanta public pools. In 93 of the samples, researchers detected fecal indicator, E. coli, which they believe came from swimmers when it was either washed off their bodies, or via solid bowel movements and diarrhea. E. coli in pools is not only gross, but a little dangerous, too/ Laura McMullen , US News & World Report. More here.

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