Posted on 05/17/2013 7:02:49 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
There's poop in public pools, according to a new report.
Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found genetic material from E. coli bacteria in 58 percent of public pools they tested during the summer of 2012.
This shows that "swimmers frequently introduced fecal material into pools," which could spread germs to other people, the researchers wrote in their report. E. coli bacteria are normally found in the human gut and feces.
They also found genetic material from bacteria called Pseudomonas aeruginosa, whichcan cause skin rashes and ear infections, in 59 percent of pools.
The fecal material in pools comes from swimmers not showering before getting into the water, and from incidents of defecation in pools, according to the report. The average person has 0.14 grams of fecal material on their "perianal surface" that can rinse into a pool if a person doesn't shower first, according to the report
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I actually try not to think about what takes place in the kitchen, at restaurants.
my question is who is measuring the 0.14 grams on people’s asses and are they getting paid with taxpayer $$.
Your tax dollars at work...
Afternoon at public pool + baby ruth bar = good time!
Swim diapers are supposed to help(but when you think about it, with what?)...but I blame the parents. they KNOW when a poop belongs to their kid and escapes...and they shouldn’t bring the stupid baby in pool to begin with.
As for the other kids...
Water parks are for low information swimmers. :-)
you beat me...
BTW: This seems like one of those factoids they like to release so folks focus on it and not those ridiculous wasteful hearings in Washington, D. C.
Same thing...Floaters in the pool and floaters in Washington D.C.
Schlitterbahn is worth it.
True the article states it found “genetic material from E. coli bacteria”. That’s a whole lot different than finding E coli.
Jump in a pond, stream, river whatever and it will likely have far higher levels of bacteria than a properly maintain public pool.
Water parks are for low information swimmers. :-)
Indeed!
Seinfeld epi where chef is in bathroom with him..comes out of stall and leaves without washing his hands.
Happens all the time? you betcha.
Love the sign in Target bathroom: All employees MUST wash their hands. DUH.
That’s meant for the low information clerks.
Think about it. All of your purchase laced with Ecoli.
LOL, A.
If properly maintained, most pools are okay, but I would never let my face get wet. Keep your head dry and it is unlikely you’ll get anything to make you sick.
I now understand why there was a great aversion to taking kids to a public pool back in the 1950s. That is when POLIO was epidemic, and polio virus is spread through fecal matter.
My favorite time was swimming in the Colorado River at Moab UT and cold creeks in Arkansas.
Years ago we were in a pool at a motel. A woman got in the pool with her baby, who had on nothing but a cloth diaper. Hope the pool had lots of chlorine in it.
Dont panic. Pools are clorinated so the bacteria are likely dead shortly after contacting the water. My guess is that they detected these bacteria by the presence of their DNA and not by growing them (because they were dead). The chance of contacting an illness from pool water is miniscule.
LOL
Yeah but in Washington the percent is close to 100, not 0.00000000001. Heh heh heh...
***I could see a brown object floating in our direction.***
We were swimming on the south side of Keystone Lake in Oklahoma, years ago. I noticed the water was very slimey, and later we saw a “floater” go by.
Remember the old bumper sticker..DON’T DO IT IN THE LAKE!
“perianal surface”
Hmmm, good term. Brings the Obama administration to mind.
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