Public Pools: Still Not Clean

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Gearing up for summer? Think twice before entering your city’s public swimming pool. A new report says 1 in 8 violate health codes. The Center for Disease Control released numbers today that a startling 12% of the country’s public pools contain harmful bacteria. (Don’t worry, inspectors closed them upon the revelation.) Don’t swim in public pools? What about the kids at daycare? Those pools were the most frequent offenders. (via TIME’s Wellness Blog.)