With millions diving into these shared spaces each year, the hygiene of public swimming pools is a valid concern. Germs, ...

New York City’s public pools turned into toilets at a surprisingly high rate last summer, as the parks department was forced to close its swimming holes 203 times to clean up a visitor’s poop ...

In 2012, over 3,000 people showed up to the birthday party of Dutch teenager Merthe Weusthuis, who had accidentally made her ...

Swimming at Dow’s Lake is not for the squeamish ... If there was a big dump of precipitation overnight, it could wash sewage and/or goose poop into the waterways, spiking the E. coli levels. Just to ...

As a result of Earth’s continued warming, extreme weather events — including hurricanes, droughts, floods, and heatwaves — ...

A CHEAP supplement could mimic the benefits of exercise, boosting your heart health and metabolism, a new study suggests.

Wagner Memorial Pool has been shut down at least three times this summer, after feces was found in the pool or on pool grounds, town officials said. If the incidents continue, the town may be forced ...

Swimmer’s itch is uncomfortable and annoying. Ron Reimink spent 30 years trying to eradicate it. Then one day, he realized he ...

Whether you’ve only ever known it as Canada Day (its official name since 1982), or remember when it was called Dominion Day (its name from 1879 until 1981), July 1 celebrates the anniversary of ...

More than 90% of Texas beaches were potentially unsafe for swimming at least one day last year due to fecal contamination.

A rogue streetside swimming pool in the Bronx was apparently dismantled by its makers Monday after drawing attention from the ...