Swimming Pools

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    How dirty is the public pool? You may never want to swim again

    Because it turns out there is no such thing as a truly waterproof diaper, according to Nicholas Ashbolt, a professor with the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta. The swim diapers and pants only delay leaking for a few minutes, because while they may “hold some solid feces, they are not leak proof,” according to the CDC website. Adults are not likely to intentionally defecate in a public pool, but some are unintentionally adding their fecal matter to the pool.