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  2. Swimming pool bacteria - Wikipedia

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    The team found that bacteria seemed to be more prevalent in outdoor pools. [4] Furthermore, they noted that the higher the pH of the pool, the more bacteria were present in the water. 20.2% of the bacteria in the pools were found to be S. aureus. [4] Another study reported two experiments involving a large pool and a small pool. [5]

  3. Rat-tailed maggot - Wikipedia

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    A characteristic feature of rat-tailed maggots is a tube-like, telescoping breathing siphon located at its posterior end. [2] This acts like a snorkel, allowing the larva to breathe air while submerged. The siphon is usually about as long as the maggot's body (20 mm (0.79 in) when mature), but can be extended as long as 150 mm (5.9 in).

  4. Swimming pool sanitation - Wikipedia

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    Swimming pool contaminants are introduced from environmental sources and swimmers. Affecting primarily outdoor swimming pools, environmental contaminants include windblown dirt and debris, incoming water from unsanitary sources, rain containing microscopic algae spores and droppings from birds possibly harboring disease-causing pathogens. [4]

  5. Respiratory risks of indoor swimming pools - Wikipedia

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    Respiratory risks of indoor swimming pools can include coughing, wheezing, aggravated asthma, [1] and airway hyper-responsiveness (spasms of the bronchial tubes in the lungs causing coughing and chest tightness). The chemicals used for pool water disinfection can react with organic compounds in the water to create disinfection by-products or

  6. How to exercise in a swimming pool — without doing laps

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    “The pool noodle is going to be your best friend if you want to get a good workout in the pool,” he says. “It amplifies the resistance from the water and is an unstable load that you have to ...

  7. Maggot - Wikipedia

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    Maggots feeding on an opossum carrion Maggots on a porcupine carcass Maggots from a rabbit. Common wild pig (boar) corpse decomposition timelapse. Maggots are visible. A maggot is the larva of a fly (order Diptera); it is applied in particular to the larvae of Brachycera flies, such as houseflies, cheese flies, and blowflies, [1] rather than larvae of the Nematocera, such as mosquitoes and ...

  8. Urine-indicator dye - Wikipedia

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    Rumours of the origin of urine indicator-dye go back at least as far as 1958, [1] and the story is commonly told to children by parents who do not want them to urinate in the pool. [3] A 1985 biography of Orson Welles describes him using such a dye as part of a prank in 1937.

  9. These are the 10 dirtiest cruise ships, according to the CDC ...

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    The CDC checks cruise ships for details such as how frequently the pool's hair and lint strainer is disinfected. Brittany Chang/Business Insider The CDC has inspected 119 cruise ships so far in 2024.