One in eight swimming pools in most populated states were allegedly been shut down due to inspection of filthy and suspected existing harmful water around, as announced by health authorities in the United States on Thursday.
According to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports, their findings were based from information of almost 50,000 pools, hot tubs, and water parks located in 5 states where the features are of utmost popularity, as reported in News.discovery.com. These facilities are located in Florida, New York, Arizona, California and Texas.
The report narrates the following statement in relation to the findings of the health violations in swimming pools. The statement states that:
"Most inspections of public aquatic venues (almost 80 percent) identified at least one violation. One in eight inspections resulted in immediate closure because of serious health and safety violations."
The report released was taken from the data distributed in 2013. The data showed that the Cryptosporidium can be the cause of diarrhea and vomiting, is the number one cause of water-related illnesses.
The greatest number of incidents occurred in pools for kids, or otherwise referred to as wading pools, which were one of the pools found to have violated the health regulations set forth health authorities.
The report indicated that the most common violation to have been found in the maintenance of the health regulations of swimming pools was inappropriate PH (15 percent), safety tools (13 percent), and disinfectant concentration (12 percent). MOst of the one-third of the local health departments do not inspect the pools, hot tubs and water playgrounds, that is according to Michele Hlavsa, CDC Healthy Swimming Program chief.
The illnesses that come with water infection are the following: water borne illness, drowning, chemical poisoning and burns, as reported in News-medical.net. These illnesses are on their way of being reduced slowly but surely, thanks to the upgraded health regulations put in effect by health officials.
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