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Pools, Spas Spawn Record-High Illnesses

  • October 22, 2004

Swimming is one of my favorite sports, but it's much healthier to do it in the ocean where the salt water can kill many of the parasites that live on our skin. Considering the poor quality of our existing community water supplies, not to mention the chlorination, swimming in a pool is a far more inferior alternative, and not a very healthy one either. If you're not sure, consider this: You can absorb more chlorine after one hour in a pool than you will from a week of drinking tap water...