A rather stomach-churning warning came from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday: You may want to think twice before diving into that lovely looking public swimming pool. There's ...

On the Sun-Sentinel’s front page yesterday was a story about how your backyard pool might just be out to get you. “IS YOUR POOL A HEALTH HAZARD?” The answer, of course, is almost surely not, but the ...

Is it safe? The water in many public pools is contaminated with E. coli, a study finds. Perhaps you've noticed a toddler's sagging swim diaper and wondered if it's really keeping the poop out of your ...

(NEXSTAR) – If you thought those post-swim red eyes and that “chlorine” smell were due to pool chemicals, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has some nauseating news. The odor and those ...

A healthy pool with chlorinated water doesn’t have a strong chemical smell at all. Strong odors and irritants are due to chlorine mixing with the pee, poop, sweat, dirt, skin cells, makeup and ...

If you were wondering why the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on the National Mall in D.C. looks much emptier much than usual, there’s a good reason. The National Park Service is undertaking its ...