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Healthy Swimming Is No Accident (:30)


Healthy Swimming Is No Accident

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Healthy swimming expert Michael Beach warns about the superbug "Crypto" that causes the most common recreational water illness and suggests anyone with diarrhea should stay out of the water. The video explains that though we use chlorine to kill germs and protect our health, Crypto can survive for days in chlorinated water.

Release Date: 5/18/2009
Source: National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)


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