swimming

Ever thought about peeing in the pool?  Not even when you were a kid?  Come on, be honest.  Just once maybe?  Pretty sure the water doesn’t turn blue like in the movie ‘Grown ups’.

This is something that I had never heard of until just last year, and as I read more about it, the more astonished I became.  Many people don’t realize that people can drown even after they’re out of the water. It’s a rare phenomenon known as “dry drowning” or “secondary drowning.”

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'

This mother cheers really loudly at a school swim meet, perhaps in attempt to get her daughter to hear her words of encouragement from underwater.