Swimming Pools Are Public Toilet Bowls for Many: Do you still swim in a public pool?
the_old_coach
2012/06/23 04:13:50
YUCK.
Swimming Pools Are Public Toilet Bowls for Many:
Survey
By
Piper Weiss, Shine
Staff | 
looking this relieved. (ThinkStock)If you're taking a refreshing
dip in a pool with four other people, odds are one of you is urinating. This is
not gross-out myth, but cold, depressing fact from a recent survey conducted by the Water Quality
& Health Council, a scientific research group sponsored by the American
Chemistry Council.
The survey, conducted in April, asked nearly 1,000
adults whether they urinate in pools. One in five bravely admitted their
mistakes. And those are the ones who admitted it.
Read More: http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/swimming-poo...
Top Opinion
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aherbert 2012/06/23 04:16:21
+3Really ... I swim in the ocean too .... i suppose the fish and stuff took a poop and pee too ... I guess it is time to invest in the backyard pool.
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- kofp 2012/06/27 18:04:08
+1Swimming pools are poison, I won't get near one, even if nobody peed!reply - baxter 2012/06/23 14:49:13+1NO I DONTreply
- BOOGIE-WOOGIE-MUSIC-MAN-ROC... 2012/06/23 05:23:16+1Being invited to a pool party makes me wonder who the life of the party will be. somebody told me that there is a product on the market that you can bye, That will change the color of the water surrounding the guilty party, turning the color of the water to purple I do do not know if this is true, laugh out loud.reply
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+1It IS true!reply
- gregaj7 2012/06/23 05:09:33+1I haven't been swimming for over a decade.reply
- mwg0735 2012/06/23 05:06:00
- Muver 2012/06/23 04:48:16+1It is a pretty gross thought...and I haven't since I was younger....except at five star resorts...but don't they have a LOT of chlorine in those pools....they always smell so strong of if....it would just seem that with all the chlorine, and the thousands of gallons of filtering water, that one in five of even five thousand wouldn't really make a dent in it....number 2 worries me more....and that happens as well....reply
- MidnightCowboy 2012/06/23 04:26:29+1Noreply
- Inquisitve Kat 2012/06/23 04:22:09+1Oh, nasty, that really makes me want to avoid public pools... that's a much higher number than I thought.reply
- aherbert 2012/06/23 04:16:21+3Really ... I swim in the ocean too .... i suppose the fish and stuff took a poop and pee too ... I guess it is time to invest in the backyard pool.reply
