summertime fun

School’s out for summer and while our kids are flipping out that their last day of studies has passed this year, we parents are flipping out for a different reason: How are we gonna keep our rug rats entertained all summer long?

CDC researchers analyzed samples taken from pool filters in public pools in Atlanta, Georgia, and 58 percent of them were contaminated with E. coli, a bacteria found in human feces. It's not just feces. Other swimmers are also urinating in the pool. "Chlorine and other disinfectants don't kill germs instantly," said Michele Hlavsa, chief of the CDC's Healthy Swimming Program. "That'