Science news articles about 'public swimming pools'

Public swimming pools have earned a bad rep as unsanitary – but is this reputation unfounded or well deserved?

PHOENIX, July 15 (UPI) -- All 29 public swimming pools in the city of Phoenix were closed down Monday night after cryptosporidium was detected in one facility, officials said.

Although perhaps the greatest public health achievement of the 20th century was the disinfection ... the chemicals used to purify the water we drink and use in swimming pools react with organic material in ...

ATLANTA (AP) -- Health officials say many public swimming pools aren't as clean as they should be....

One in eight public swimming pools inspected in 2008 were closed immediately because of serious health code violations.

... public drinking water supplies, or absorbed through the skin in baths, showers, and public swimming pools. The CREAL (Centre for Research in Environmental ...

More than half of water samples from about 150 public swimming pools in Atlanta contained traces of fecal matter, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found.