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Keep Crypto out of the Pool: Addressing One of the Summer’s Major Public Health Risks

Posted on June 29, 2017

Blog: National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO)

By Hannah Donart, NACCHO Environmental Health Intern Cryptosporidium (Crypto) is one of the most common causes of diarrheal disease outbreaks associated with recreational water activity in the United States and these outbreaks are occurring at increasing frequencies. In 2016 alone, state health departments reported at least 32 outbreaks of the disease associated with swimming pools […]

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