News tagged with swimming pool

Swimming in chlorinated pools can lead to cancer: study

Swimming in chlorinated pools can cause an increased risk of cancer in bathers, Spanish researchers said on Monday.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 13, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 6

Greenland may be slip-sliding away due to surface lake melt: study

Like snow sliding off a roof on a sunny day, the Greenland Ice Sheet may be sliding faster into the ocean due to massive releases of meltwater from surface lakes, according to a new study by the University ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 45 | with audio podcast

Researchers find clue to explain how penguins know when to surface

(PhysOrg.com) -- Anyone who has ever swum around near the bottom of a swimming pool, or flippered along an ocean floor for any length of time without benefit of an air supply knows that there is a decision ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 8 | with audio podcast report

What's in your water?: Disinfectants create toxic by-products

Although perhaps the greatest public health achievement of the 20th century was the disinfection of water, a recent study now shows that the chemicals used to purify the water we drink and use in swimming pools react with ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (17) | comments 7

Green and lean: Secreting bacteria eliminate cost barriers for renewable biofuel production

A Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University research team has developed a process that removes a key obstacle to producing low-cost, renewable biofuels from bacteria. The team has reprogrammed photosynthetic ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

CDC: 1 in 8 swimming pools closed, many too dirty

(AP) -- You might want to look before you leap into a public swimming pool this summer.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Heavy drinkers exercise to burn off alcohol: British study

More than a quarter of drinkers in England who exercise regularly do so in an attempt to make up for bingeing on alcohol, according to a survey published Thursday.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

3 million gallons of sewage enter Missouri river after city waits to repair sewer line

Kansas City Water Services workers decided to wait over the weekend before fixing a broken sewer line that eventually spilled 3 million gallons of raw sewage, officials said Tuesday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Gadgets: A solution for working with underwater cameras

Anyone who takes underwater photos knows how challenging it is to navigate in the water while holding a camera. Another obstacle can be trying to see through the camera's viewfinder or LCD screen while wearing an underwater ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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