New Yorkers lounging at Big Apple pools Monday slammed new federal warnings against swimming with diarrhea as “unnecessary” — but admitted that trips to public baths can often be a crapshoot. “I feel ...

On hot summer days, few things are more refreshing than a dip in the pool. But have you ever wondered if the pool is as clean ...

A few years back, the District renovated the Francis pool, at 25th and N Streets NW, to include a wade-in kiddie area. The change ushered in a major demographic shift at a pool that was once the ...

Here's some more fodder for discussion about the newly reopened McCarren Park Pool. The facility, which just had a multi-year $50 million renovation, has been the site of attacks on lifeguards, long ...

Another reason, beyond showing you’ve advanced past potty training, that you don’t use the pool as a toilet: cryptosporidium, the dung-carried, diarrhea-bringing parasite that the CDC says has been ...

Each year, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reminds us of the dangers of pooping in the pool. Aside from being generally very gross, doing so is also a really efficient way to ...

Is it safe? The water in many public pools is contaminated with E. coli, a study finds. Perhaps you've noticed a toddler's sagging swim diaper and wondered if it's really keeping the poop out of your ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Rental property owners have enough to deal with on their properties, let alone dealing with fecal matter in their pool. One of the property owner families at the Fountain Palm Apartment ...

This stool pigeon has landed in one crappy situation. Building management at the Rio ⁠— a condo building at 304 East 65th St., where units sell for millions ⁠— is accusing an elderly resident of using ...

NORTH CANTON − The Dogwood Pool was forced to close several times Thursday after swimmers pooped in the pool. The public pool was reportedly shut down four separate times. "Yes, this does ...