The CDC warns that a dangerous parasite is on the rise in America's pools: Outbreaks of diarrhea-causing cryptosporidium are increasing 13% each year, and it's not the only pool danger swimmers should be wary of.
Crypto is highly resistant to chlorine, which makes it hard to kill once it’s in the water.
When entering a public pool, the scent of chlorine shouldn’t be a green light to jump right in. What you’re smelling isn’t clean water. It is, in fact, the opposite. “It is chloramines in pool water, not chlorine, that give off that chemical odor and cause swimmers’ eyes to sting and redden,” Ostrowski says.
Urine alone is not the problem, but it mixes with chlorine and sweat to create toxic compounds, researchers say.
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