New Warnings About Hidden Pool Dangers This Summer

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iStock/Thinkstock(RALEIGH, N.C.) — You may be headed to the pool to stay out of the heat this summer, but be careful of a pool parasite plaguing some public pools.

A parasite called crypto has appeared in many Wake County, North Carolina’s public pools with two dozen cases of a gastrointestinal illness being reported.

Health officials were working to hyper-chlorinate the 1,100 public pools in the county to get rid of the parasite.

“I would not want them to be going into the pool knowing this is going around,” Loralee Koltusky, a mother of a lifeguard in Raleigh, told ABC News affiliate WTVD-TV.

Last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reviewed inspections from tens of thousands of public swimming pools and found that almost 80 percent had at least one health or safety violation. One in eight pools had violations so serious they were immediately closed, affecting many kiddie pools.

One thing you can do before you take a dip; see if you can see the bottom of the pool. If the water is too cloudy, it’s reason for concern. You can also ask pool employees how often the water is tested, since high temperatures kill the chlorine in a pool faster.


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