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Infants in diapers/Swimming facilities/Illness

March 17, 2012 by kidstra

Think twice before allowing your kids to swim in water where there are many infants.  The more infants in the water, the greater is the risk that the water is polluted with intestinal disease-causing microorganisms.  Here is what you should know: 1. Recreational water is an underappreciated source of intestinal diseases. Such water includes swimming […]

Filed Under: Food & Water Precautions, Prevention, Safe & Healthy Travel Tagged With: bacterium, bowel movements, CDC, chloramines, chlorine, cryptosporidium, Diarrhea, e. coli, eye irritation, giardia, hepatitis a, illness, infants in swim diapers, infants swimming, inflatable pools, intestinal illness, microorganisms, o157:h7, parasite, recreational water, septic, sewage, swim diapers, swimming facilities, urine, virus

Children/Sandy Beaches/Sand Boxes/Illness

August 22, 2009 by sonicblum

Are there any fun activities left for kids to do, activities that are healthy, safe and wholesome, where parents need not constantly restrain children’s imaginations and exuberance with that annoying, killjoy utterance, “How many times do I have to tell you not to do that?”   Can you believe that playing in sand may be […]

Filed Under: Outdoor Recreation, Prevention, Safe & Healthy Travel, Sun Tagged With: creeping eruption, cutaneous larva migrans, Diarrhea, e. coli, ethyle chloride, gastrointestinal, microorganisms, parasite, public beaches, sand, sand box, sand boxes, sand pollution, sandbox, sandbox play, sandbox safety, sandboxes, stomach ache, Vomiting

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