Several area swimming spots failed water-quality tests because of strands of E. coli, according to a Melcroft environmental organization. The Mountain Watershed Association, which tests... More than 3 ...

A 14-month-old boy pulled out of a Phoenix-area home’s murky backyard swimming pool on Saturday has died, reports said. The toddler fell into the pool, which wasn’t fenced-in, while at a family event ...

As the weather warms and families flock to pools, dirty water may dampen the fun. Swimmers at a Pennsylvania community pool learned that the hard way when in June 2021 more than a dozen kids were ...

There has been a rise in the number of people catching diarrhea from dirty swimming pool water, according to new statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Twice as many ...

Eileen Geffre worries for the health of her children when they swim in public pools and a recent report issued by the Centers for Disease Control didn’t do much to allay those fears. As she helped ...

Inspectors found some unpleasant surprises when they looked at Atlanta's public pools last year: almost 60 percent tested positive for fecal contamination. In 58 percent of the samples of pool filter ...

Ready to dive into swimming pool season? Well, you may want to consider the recent Center For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study that found 80% of public swimming pools had health and safety ...

NORFOLK, Va., (WVEC) — It’s Dirty Water Week on Daybreak – we shift our focus from the water in your home – to public places. If you have plans to hit the pool anytime soon. We went to the Kroc Center ...

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