In case you thought that “common sense” didn’t provide sufficient grounds for restraint, a new “scientific” study says that its really not safe for kids with diarrhea to plop into the local swimming pool – even if they’re wearing swim diapers. Scientists from the University of North Carolina found that the diapers did not prevent cryptosporidium parasites from leaking out into the water. They then did the math:
“When a fecal accident contains about a billion disease-causing Crypto oocysts, hundreds of millions of oocysts get into the water within minutes,” explains Dr. James Amburgey, the lead scientist in the study. “Swimmers only need to ingest about ten Crypto oocysts to become infected.”
The consequence? More diarrhea.
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