The CDC’s Verdict: Public Pools Are Gross. Kiddie Pools? Fugeddaboutit.
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The Verge reports on The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention release today of the results of a 2013 study, of pools in Arizona, California, Florida, New York, and Texas, that definitively states what your mom knew.
The icky details of inspections showed that “80 percent of public pools, hot tubs, and spas presented at least one health or safety violation. And one of every eight of those venues had to be closed immediately because of a serious threat to public health.”
