Recreational Water Illness and Injury Prevention Week

May 25, 2012

Recreational Water Illness and Injury Prevention Week 21.6% of Americans don’t know that swimming when they have diarrhea can make other swimmers sick, even in properly-chlorinated pools. Swallowing a single mouthful of contaminated pool water can cause diarrhea, viral meningitis, and other illnesses. CDC has resources to help you inform your community about healthy swimming and what they can do to keep germs out of the water.