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Friday, 17 May 2013 12:45
By Brian Krans
Thu, May 16, 2013
A refreshing dip in your local public pool might not be so appealing now that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) report nearly 60 percent of public pools it tested contained a detectible amount of human fecal matter.
Researchers with the CDC collected samples from indoor and outdoor public pools in the Atlanta, Ga., region during last summer’s busy swimming season and tested them for bacteria. They discovered a high percentage of bacteria found in the human digestive system, suggesting that the pool water was contaminated with human feces.