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>Actually, according to CDC healthy swimming spokesperson and epidemiologist Michele Hlavsa, it’s poop. She tells LiveScience’s Rachael Rettner that people with
by AnatMl2 8y ago
>Actually, according to CDC healthy swimming spokesperson and epidemiologist Michele Hlavsa, it’s poop. She tells LiveScience’s Rachael Rettner that people with diarrhea can spread a filter and chorine-resistant Cryptosporidium, a parasite that is the leading cause of waterborne disease.
I love swimming and this article has just disturbed me so much, I'm not sure I'll be going to the swimming pool in the near future.
- arethuza 8y agoMy wife had an attack of cryptosporidium a few years back that the doctor said was almost certainly from a swimming pool - very unpleasant bug.
- icebraining 8y agoWas it covered or outdoors? The wiki says it can be deactivated using low doses of UV, I wonder if being exposed to the sun is enough.
- arethuza 8y agoIndoors - a public one that was close to end of life.