Making matters worse, he says, is that chlorine opens one’s pores and sinuses, causing the body to leak discharge into the ...

Some of the most common germs you might pick up include cryptosporidium, norovirus, giardia, shigella and E. coli, Kunz said. Depending on the pathogen, you might experience diarrhea, nausea, vomiting ...

For solid poop, all swimmers are kicked out, and a net is used to scoop the material out of the water. Workers then add chlorine to the mix for at least 25 minutes before reopening the pool.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio (WOIO) - A poop problem one day at a swimming pool has some in the community crying foul. But, 19 News has learned that what happened at Purvis Park Pool on Wednesday was ...

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CINCINNATI (WKRC) - An illness often spread in swimming pools is on the rise in the Tri-State. The illness is called cryptosporidiosis. You get it from the parasite cryptosporidium.

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 ...

Urine is not the only thing to be worried about in a swimming pool. More harmful toxins can actually lurk in the water. Think about all the germs and bacteria that can come from a single person. A ...

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