Category: Swimming Pools
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Can indoor swimming in chlorinated pools cause hormone problems in boys ?
According to a recent study at the Catholic University of Louvain, indoor swimming in a chlorinated pool for as little as 30 minutes every two weeks may result in altered hormone levels in boys. The effects are most pronounced before the age of 7, and boys are particularly sensitive because the skin of the scrotum…
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Building of the Duel in the Pool 2011 Arena
Now that is a lot of effort put into what ultimately ended as a 181.5 – 80.5 trashing of the Europeans (hey, I’m European, I’m allowed! :-)
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Workers face charges for allowing dirty pool to stay open with a body at bottom
Two former state workers will face criminal charges after they allowed a dirty swimming pool to stay open while the body of a woman lay at the bottom. We’ve heard about the story before, the water in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Pool in Fall River, Massachusetts, was so murky, that Marie Joseph’s body lay there…
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Ohio landlord defends “White Only” sign at pool
A landlord in Ohio is claiming that not only is her “White Only” pool sign not racist, but that the state’s civil rights commission was wrong in declaring it discriminatory. An African-American girl visited the pool and was told that she made the pool ‘cloudy’ because she used chemicals in her hair, and then this…
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FLUID Nuit Blanche Paris
A TSAI Chia-Wen light and sound installation for Nuit Blanche Paris 2011, in the most ancient swimming pool “Château-Landon” of Paris City. FLUID Nuit Blanche Paris from Chia-Wen TSAI on Vimeo.
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Elevating pool is both very 007 and good for the disabled
Hidden Water Pools founder Stefan Kanetis designed this system to aid his mother Delicia, who for many years was a professional dancer, but later paid the price with severe arthritis and muscle damage in her lower extremities. Her doctor suggested that in order to avoid the wheelchair, she needed to exercise daily in a warm…
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Swim. – Behind the scenes / day three
Warning, no pool shot this time. Follow them like crazy on Facebook. See also behind the scenes day one and two. SWIM – Behind the Scenes / Day Three from SWIM. – Short Film on Vimeo.
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Grant Hackett: “No pool, no career”
Tell me about it, it’s like hockey rink that I never got ! “I began swimming at Innisfail in Queensland and we had a pool and my swimming career would be non-existent without the pool. “Sporting facilities are the heart of regional communities and it becomes more than just a pool, but a meeting place,”…
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Dive into Barcelona’s Olympic swimming pool
The outdoor Olympic swimming pool in Barcelona (Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc) boasts stunning panoramic views of the city and costs only £4 to visit. Pro-diver and Barcelona native José Marillo shows us round his ‘office’. Via the Guardian.