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Not A Baby Ruth Bar
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Just in time for summer, a CDC study says that more than half of the public pools they tested showed evidence that somebody pooped in the pool. They found fecal bacteria in a LOT of pools, 58%, to be exact. How did it get there? Probably because people tend not to take full showers before going into the pool. The report says that if you don't shower, you tend to carry an average of 0.14g of fecal material on your butt. Yes, you. Larger quantities happen when somebody actually takes a dump in the water, like in a diarrheal incident. And that's not the only kind of bacteria in pools, a fact which might surprise you, considering the use of chlorine. Happy swimming! (Los Angeles Times)
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