It turns out that splash pads, while delightful, can also be unexpected breeding grounds for waterborne illnesses.

The primary method for keeping recreational water free of infectious viruses and bacteria is chlorinating it. However, maintaining germ-killing chlorine concentration is especially difficult for ...

The main solution to biological contamination involves filtration and a dose of chlorine. These are already common practices ...

The CDC says kids get sick from splash pads after ingesting fecal matter, adding that swim diapers don't prevent fecal ...

A study today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report that probed waterborne pathogen illnesses linked to splash pads in the ...

A new CDC report details how splash pads have caused dozens of waterborne outbreaks and plenty of gastrointestinal illness ...

Splash pads might bring to mind memories of fun in the summer sun — but they can also be associated with waterborne disease, ...

The CDC found 60 outbreaks of waterborne disease at water playgrounds caused 152 hospitalizations and 99 emergency department ...

A CDC report found that 90% of waterborne disease outbreaks start at splash pads. Latin Times A new shocking report from the ...

Splash pads found in public parks across the United States are linked to thousands of cases of waterborne diseases that leave a calling card of diarrhea, fever and vomiting, the Centers for ...